---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Private Well Water Education Act.-AB"
description: "Enact Private Well Water Education Act.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "North Carolina HB 396 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "WELLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catlin", "Millis", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76cae1ba-bfd2-4240-a130-8cafbcd3eef5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H396&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "770e2aeba03e3f271acc84133e236173a6fd86e4197080dfa520e24d6a864284"
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 396 (2013) — Enact Private Well Water Education Act.-AB

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H396v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H396v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H396v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H396v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H396v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Catlin — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-122 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-09** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Rec From House
- **2013-04-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/08/2013
- **2013-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76cae1ba-bfd2-4240-a130-8cafbcd3eef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).