---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Septic Tank Requirements."
description: "Amend Septic Tank Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "North Carolina HB 705 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf37b65-3e4f-4d4a-8018-9fed8533e224"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H705&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "735c9e62093ee8c7db533b208c724c902fe69cdfd5f2bf7908cdee7c9e053bea"
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 705 (2015) — Amend Septic Tank Requirements.

## 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/H705v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5483/0/H705-A-NBC-970)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H705v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brody — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-13** Ch. SL 2015-147 `became-law`
- **2015-07-13** Signed by Gov. 7/13/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-06** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-02** Ratified
- **2015-07-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2015
- **2015-06-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-06-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-06-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-06-25** Engrossed
- **2015-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf37b65-3e4f-4d4a-8018-9fed8533e224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).