---
type: "Bill"
title: "Septage Management Amendments."
description: "Septage Management Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "North Carolina SB 474 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McInnis", "Steinburg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb3836f-bd28-4efe-990a-8d48a1ea5d83"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S474"
source_hash: "f1932fc9d6d107f64b444b92225f0dd4601fcd2c39e03b7cf62976aa2f2bc9cd"
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 474 (2021) — Septage Management Amendments.

## 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/S474v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-83** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S474v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **87–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McInnis — primary (person)
- Steinburg — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-08** Ch. SL 2021-83 `became-law`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30** Ratified
- **2021-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2021
- **2021-06-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2021
- **2021-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb3836f-bd28-4efe-990a-8d48a1ea5d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).