---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drought/Water Management Recommendations."
description: "Drought/Water Management Recommendations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2499"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2499 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "DENR", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN.", "GOVERNOR", "HORTICULTURE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. TUCKER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Gibson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/828b3d5b-f303-4d42-aae8-15bd2611a623"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2499&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f1f61b600c441e864876fcae00329c32c6061eed0ece4e9defe9423567ff5d1d"
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 2499 (2007) — Drought/Water Management Recommendations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2499v6.pdf)

## Votes

- SCS As Amended\M11 Concur — **68–36** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **36–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Gibson — primary (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-31** Ch. SL 2008-143 `became-law`
- **2008-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-18** Concurred in S/Comm Sub as Amended
- **2008-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2008
- **2008-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-17** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-17** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-16** Rec From House
- **2008-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted 10 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Failed 9 `amendment-failure`
- **2008-07-15** Amendment Withdrawn 8 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2008-07-15** Amendment Withdrawn 7 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted 6 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted 5 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Amendment 3 divided into 9 parts, all approved
- **2008-07-14** Amendment Withdrawn 2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2008-07-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Postponed To 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/828b3d5b-f303-4d42-aae8-15bd2611a623`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).