---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Environmental Permits."
description: "Transfer Environmental Permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "North Carolina HB 279 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SOILS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager", "McElraft", "Millis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5c4e940-12a2-4803-92c8-f6d215d27ad0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H279&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "505f8f0d5f55e4e376aa07a96273dd32d82263f58a6e51df913738890b7c56f0"
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 279 (2013) — Transfer Environmental Permits.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v5.pdf)
7. **SL2013-121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H279v6.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Fulghum — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-121 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-10** Ratified
- **2013-06-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2013
- **2013-06-06** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-05** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Rec From House
- **2013-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2013
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Environmental `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5c4e940-12a2-4803-92c8-f6d215d27ad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).