---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit Env. Liability for Certain Recyclers."
description: "Limit Env. Liability for Certain Recyclers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "North Carolina HB 402 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SOLID WASTE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McElraft"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7451b5b-e1e2-4c0e-89b0-650c2a746305"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H402&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d46afbbde52f520168bf070b3e38fd97155cbb029478705965cdd7adc2e3aee2"
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 402 (2017) — Limit Env. Liability for Certain Recyclers.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H402v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H402v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H402v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H402v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McElraft — primary (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-163 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7451b5b-e1e2-4c0e-89b0-650c2a746305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).