---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soil Scientist/On-Site Wastewater Certification Board."
description: "Soil Scientist/On-Site Wastewater Certification Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "North Carolina HB 139 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "ON-SITE WASTEWATER CONTRACTORS BD.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOIL SCIENTISTS", "SOILS", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ffd230-a3e2-473d-8f68-4609607c8783"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H139"
source_hash: "d6e47ac35558bcca19d1f94c586fdc501ad2170a212be8ea44f063762583bd71"
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 139 (2021) — Soil Scientist/On-Site Wastewater Certification Board.

## 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/H139v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H139v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H139v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H139v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H139v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Ch. SL 2021-38 `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Ratified
- **2021-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** 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`
- **2021-03-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4ffd230-a3e2-473d-8f68-4609607c8783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).