---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "North Carolina HB 219 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "AVIATION", "CAMA", "CAPITAL & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CHAPTERED", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INVESTMENTS", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Paré", "Szoka"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcbc805c-5d49-4777-9798-653c60ae9b2d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H219"
source_hash: "ac04ad623cac4e74512defa79e687597c2d8f8108740e8883e0e2313ff535671"
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 219 (2021) — Amend Environmental Laws.

## 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/H219v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H219v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H219v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H219v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H219v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2022-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H219v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **41–2** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **95–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Paré — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-07** Ch. SL 2022-43 `became-law`
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2022
- **2022-06-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-09** Conferees Changed
- **2022-06-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-09** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2022-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2022-06-08** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-26** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Placed On Cal For 03/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcbc805c-5d49-4777-9798-653c60ae9b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).