---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws 2."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 953"
citation: "North Carolina HB 953 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AQUACULTURE", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS COMN.", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMN.", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. GILLESPIE", "JORDAN LAKE", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "REP. SAMUELSON", "BEACH EROSION", "EROSION STRUCTURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a328994-c7f4-4b85-ba3e-74d2f4ef20b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H953&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8f0e4287dc0c3520e5ac1f6615ff37e28dc49d291d8196e689301991b70d467"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 953 (2011) — Amend Environmental Laws 2.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v4.pdf)
6. **SA1: ARI-82-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7689/0/H953-ARI-82-V-1)
7. **SL2012-201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H953v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\S. Amd. 1 — **78–39** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **69–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-08-01** Ch. SL 2012-201 `became-law`
- **2012-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Postponed To 7/3/2012
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-26** Rec From House
- **2012-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2012
- **2012-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a328994-c7f4-4b85-ba3e-74d2f4ef20b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).