---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserve Landfill Space."
description: "Preserve Landfill Space."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "North Carolina HB 706 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catlin", "Starnes", "Wells"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b508f45e-04da-4c78-ad45-9b3f1e978ad0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H706&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0ddb39b383a9a949bf6d6e80d14145b4b4d7f721f14532493972ee01b7395869"
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 706 (2013) — Preserve Landfill Space.

## 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/H706v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H706v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H706v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H706v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H706v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–12** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Catlin — primary (person)
- Starnes — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-17** Ch. SL 2013-55 `became-law`
- **2013-05-17** Signed by Gov. 5/17/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-08** Ratified
- **2013-05-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2013
- **2013-05-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Rec From House
- **2013-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2013
- **2013-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b508f45e-04da-4c78-ad45-9b3f1e978ad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).