---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study."
description: "Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "North Carolina HB 850 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.; LAKES & RIVERS; LICENSES & PERMITS; MORATORIUMS; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; STUDIES; UNC; WATER RESOURCES; CHAPTERED; POLICY COLLABORATORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Blackwell", "Setzer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-09"
last_action: "2025-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f71720-06a2-44d8-922e-d9b3c33bfd21"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H850"
source_hash: "31175fd0c866ae674f2617f8f5b4c3b1894bcd80c37ae0e6d91b82f7221ed7a7"
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 850 (2025) — Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABR-29-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5633/0/H850-ABR-29-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2025-74** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H850v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-09** Ch. SL 2025-74 `became-law`
- **2025-07-09** Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-26** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-20** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-05-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
- **2025-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6f71720-06a2-44d8-922e-d9b3c33bfd21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).