---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Water Funding Priorities."
description: "Modify Water Funding Priorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1744"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1744 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GRANTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. GILLESPIE", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED", "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Gillespie", "Owens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b23e20ea-be35-4d60-b934-cbabc1346684"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1744&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a9b734112d57709278d23187b959c333829734b90b0d20c49dbcfa692d79556b"
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 1744 (2009) — Modify Water Funding Priorities.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1744v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-22** Ch. SL 2010-151 `became-law`
- **2010-07-22** Signed By Gov. 7/22/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-30** Ref To Com On Water Resources and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-10** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** Rec From House
- **2010-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2010
- **2010-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-26** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b23e20ea-be35-4d60-b934-cbabc1346684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).