---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Municipal Reg/Off-Site Wastewater Systems."
description: "No Municipal Reg/Off-Site Wastewater Systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 495"
citation: "North Carolina HB 495 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73a3f3d2-665b-4bba-b560-5dd859e315cd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H495&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10cbc0b2bad0c107a8707b87b69c17955f9c528ebbfe65140e2f8681aa802f17"
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 495 (2019) — No Municipal Reg/Off-Site Wastewater Systems.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H495v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M6 Reconsider — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **97–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-131 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Ratified
- **2019-07-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-08** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-08** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2019-06-27** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2019-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
- **2019-06-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2019
- **2019-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2019
- **2019-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2019
- **2019-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73a3f3d2-665b-4bba-b560-5dd859e315cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).