---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drinking Water Protect'n/Coal Ash Cleanup Act."
description: "Drinking Water Protect'n/Coal Ash Cleanup Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "North Carolina HB 630 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "DURHAM COUNTY", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WAKE COUNTY", "CHATHAM COUNTY", "WAYNE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "STATE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE COMN.", "FALLS LAKE", "OIL & GAS COMN.", "MINING COMN.", "COAL ASH COMN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2016-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ef6ff4-1d9e-47a8-8276-32ce9d82bb00"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H630&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "69ea7409ace80fef218c167b971f89218b53fd7456d037b0907448ba946bb0ba"
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 630 (2015) — Drinking Water Protect'n/Coal Ash Cleanup Act.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8299/0/H630-A-NBC-1344)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H630v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **82–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-14** Ch. SL 2016-95 `became-law`
- **2016-07-14** Signed by Gov. 7/14/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2016
- **2016-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-29** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-28** Engrossed
- **2016-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1ef6ff4-1d9e-47a8-8276-32ce9d82bb00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).