---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reclaimed Water as a Source Water."
description: "Reclaimed Water as a Source Water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "North Carolina SB 163 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Cook"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2014-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e10f1eb-f1a1-4d87-b32e-d0244f74d9b4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S163&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "262ef6314c706f70bfc0cc79fa887cd6b73e0001a26a825eba58dcdb9fa95885"
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 163 (2013) — Reclaimed Water as a Source Water.

## 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/S163v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASB-115-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8950/0/S163-ASB-115-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v5.pdf)
8. **SL2014-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S163v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-08-06** Ch. SL 2014-113 `became-law`
- **2014-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 08/01/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Ratified
- **2014-07-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-07-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-31** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2014-07-31** Added to Calendar
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-31** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
- **2014-07-31** Reconsidered Adoption
- **2014-07-30** Placed On Cal For 07/31/2014
- **2014-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-30** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2014-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2014
- **2014-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-07-24** Added to Calendar
- **2014-07-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2014
- **2014-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/25/2014
- **2014-07-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-07-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-06-24** Senate Fail to Concur - No Appt Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-24** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2014-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2014
- **2014-06-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-06-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-06-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2014-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2014
- **2014-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e10f1eb-f1a1-4d87-b32e-d0244f74d9b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).