---
type: "Bill"
title: "Source Water Protection Planning."
description: "Source Water Protection Planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 894"
citation: "North Carolina HB 894 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DHHS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catlin", "Hamilton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e14f8f6-131c-43f9-b645-9716366994b6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H894&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "587c11ec42266b7f6c3b16d3309286223d0b2ea5cd798845afd158019e2037b4"
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 894 (2013) — Source Water Protection Planning.

## 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/H894v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-94-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8963/0/H894-AMH-94-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H894v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H894v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H894v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H894v4.pdf)
7. **SL2014-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H894v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Catlin — primary (person)
- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-30** Ch. SL 2014-41 `became-law`
- **2014-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-26** Ratified
- **2014-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2014
- **2014-06-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2014-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2014-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-19** Engrossed
- **2014-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Rec From House
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e14f8f6-131c-43f9-b645-9716366994b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).