---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensure Safe Navigation Channels."
description: "Ensure Safe Navigation Channels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 707"
citation: "North Carolina HB 707 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PORTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McElraft", "Millis", "Warren"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/396e2092-7a73-4ec8-bf07-d6a9b2c3ff34"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H707&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "efe148b0e68481951c8b5a92fb556b8ec04946584a5b628fde3e2c233b875925"
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 707 (2013) — Ensure Safe Navigation Channels.

## 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/H707v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-27-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5769/0/H707-AMH-27-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H707v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H707v2.pdf)
5. **SL2013-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H707v3.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McElraft — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-138 `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** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2013-06-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** 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 `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/396e2092-7a73-4ec8-bf07-d6a9b2c3ff34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).