---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Upper Neuse Basin Water Quality."
description: "Improve Upper Neuse Basin Water Quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1020"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1020 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "EROSION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LANDOWNERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOILS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "NEUSE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ce9eab-7ddf-44a5-bada-fb54f2bcaa8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1020&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "514c74dd029c161dec724a524df9e9d5aa89f66a68c793e03a1632f69965add7"
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 1020 (2009) — Improve Upper Neuse Basin Water Quality.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1020v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **96–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-486 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ce9eab-7ddf-44a5-bada-fb54f2bcaa8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).