---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental Permitting Reform."
description: "Environmental Permitting Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 480"
citation: "North Carolina HB 480 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "EROSION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEDIMENTATION CONTROL COMN.", "SOILS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catlin", "Millis", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c423e6c9-ce22-422f-aa93-aa2c10e30248"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H480&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f08296d11954996ae2e9567c018b002c8575de0171842b0bf8fe5e75df3fd51d"
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 480 (2013) — Environmental Permitting Reform.

## 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/H480v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H480v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H480v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H480v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H480v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H480v5.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catlin — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- W. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-82 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-06** Ratified
- **2013-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From House
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-06** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c423e6c9-ce22-422f-aa93-aa2c10e30248`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).