---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Funding/Dredging Cost-Share."
description: "Clarify Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Funding/Dredging Cost-Share."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "North Carolina HB 121 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "ENVIRONMENT", "FERRIES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHWAY FUND", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PORTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RENTALS & LEASING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "SHALLOW DRAFT INLET DREDGING FUND", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32e833f-c841-45a3-b1dd-7e3c88244cd3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H121"
source_hash: "62250e182657d87eaf4ca66c6010411ee701f5a874462e6a5d5ed3ff839b33fb"
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 121 (2021) — Clarify Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Funding/Dredging Cost-Share.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H121v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **87–27** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-16** Ch. SL 2021-108 `became-law`
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Gov. 8/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-13** Pres. To Gov. 8/13/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-12** Ratified
- **2021-08-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-11** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-23** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Agriculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32e833f-c841-45a3-b1dd-7e3c88244cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).