---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nutrient Offset Amendments."
description: "Nutrient Offset Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 812"
citation: "North Carolina HB 812 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FEES", "LAKES & RIVERS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "McGrady", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65bf777f-f316-4d90-99d2-a44be4f738b9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H812&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c71b02d5ef3df06e9ba3182e8361dfee74c0e56a045b15cc82e8ef1974c6a771"
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 812 (2019) — Nutrient Offset Amendments.

## 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/H812v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H812v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H812v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H812v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **75–39** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-86 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** Ratified
- **2019-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-03** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65bf777f-f316-4d90-99d2-a44be4f738b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).