---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Drinking Water/Private Wells."
description: "Safe Drinking Water/Private Wells."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2873"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2873 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-25"
last_action: "2006-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1777f7c1-d7f4-4128-878f-1cba5b261c98"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2873&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c5cedf4c68a9ef6cb178038317ebc82fd6179f7ac0078a53396572d8054592cb"
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 2873 (2005) — Safe Drinking Water/Private Wells.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2873v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Sen Amend #1\M11 Concur — **101–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **29–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-07** Ch. SL 2006-202 `became-law`
- **2006-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-19** Ratified
- **2006-07-18** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2006
- **2006-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-18** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2006-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-17** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-07-11** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-11** Rec From House
- **2006-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2006
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-27** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-05-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1777f7c1-d7f4-4128-878f-1cba5b261c98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).