---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wastewater Regulatory Relief Act."
description: "Wastewater Regulatory Relief Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "North Carolina SB 673 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Newton", "Sawrey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840e99a2-d524-4131-9fc7-e21a047a83d8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S673"
source_hash: "728bc42c62f08acfef0e476d7d9ab2a5ad45556c2a94dc94c4b1bff6a589ab2b"
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 673 (2023) — Wastewater Regulatory Relief Act.

## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABR-12-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5262/0/S673-ABR-12-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- P. Newton — primary (person)
- Sawrey — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-55 `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15** Ratified
- **2023-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-05** Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-02** Engrossed
- **2023-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840e99a2-d524-4131-9fc7-e21a047a83d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).