---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jordan Lake Water Quality Act."
description: "Jordan Lake Water Quality Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 515"
citation: "North Carolina SB 515 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "JORDAN LAKE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3062c822-dece-4b77-81f4-1d1c6d420ee1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S515&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "08a052213138d7cd2a1619f8563c4f47741cfe256c085ef7cc83d39531d484d3"
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 515 (2013) — Jordan Lake Water Quality 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/Senate/PDF/S515v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-18-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5370/0/S515-AMH-18-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S515v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **28–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **61–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-395 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-22** Postponed To 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3062c822-dece-4b77-81f4-1d1c6d420ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).