---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEQ/DNCR Omnibus.-AB"
description: "DEQ/DNCR Omnibus.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "North Carolina SB 389 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMA", "CHAPTERED", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "DEQ", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LIBRARIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "RECORDS", "SEDIMENTATION CONTROL COMN.", "SOILS", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16df882-3ba0-4869-babc-097c91c4dbaf"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S389"
source_hash: "ebb288ca1449285d3ba03ab566b7c9b48a93771132fd938c1061e41c8af891d2"
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 SB 389 (2021) — DEQ/DNCR Omnibus.-AB

## 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/Senate/PDF/S389v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABR-61-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52965/0/S389-ABR-61-V-3)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52967/0/S389-A-NBC-9153)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S389v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S389v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S389v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S389v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S389v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Ch. SL 2021-158 `became-law`
- **2021-09-16** Signed by Gov. 9/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-08** Pres. To Gov. 9/8/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-08** Ratified
- **2021-09-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-08** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-03** Placed On Cal For 09/08/2021
- **2021-09-03** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-09-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-09-01** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-09-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-09-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-31** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Re-ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-23** Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reptd Fav `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
- **2021-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16df882-3ba0-4869-babc-097c91c4dbaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).