---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capitalize on Wetland Mitigation."
description: "Capitalize on Wetland Mitigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 638"
citation: "North Carolina HB 638 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "WATER RESOURCES", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "WETLANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bell", "Millis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e03a606-04ba-42f6-a993-2d529db57f49"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H638&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "aeafb07edb9fe8a03f886162e024bba48b8577aab76fd76ab0ca2956bdb50b2e"
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 638 (2015) — Capitalize on Wetland Mitigation.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H638v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-4-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3889/0/H638-AMH-4-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H638v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H638v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H638v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H638v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-194 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-27** Ratified
- **2015-07-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-21** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-20** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Placed On Cal For 04/20/2015
- **2015-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e03a606-04ba-42f6-a993-2d529db57f49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).