---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rewrite Underground Damage Prevention Act."
description: "Rewrite Underground Damage Prevention Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "North Carolina HB 476 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "ELECTRICITY", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WORK SAFETY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddfc03d4-8e71-4c68-b3aa-7574d2661a5a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H476&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "943b0fa38d07e85a4a1a6b9dd95c3dd20be2bc47526eaea7af9f5c43a549a288"
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 476 (2013) — Rewrite Underground Damage Prevention Act.

## 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/H476v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATP-34-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6245/0/H476-ATP-34-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v7.pdf)
10. **SL2013-407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H476v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-407 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-23** Ratified
- **2013-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-24** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Rec From House
- **2013-06-20** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2013
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2013
- **2013-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref To Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddfc03d4-8e71-4c68-b3aa-7574d2661a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).