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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dam Safety Law Clarification."
description: "Dam Safety Law Clarification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "North Carolina SB 531 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DAMS", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a3a406-7e41-4f12-af59-7b5ed95eb251"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S531"
source_hash: "9ba3655c8c76244211b2d84e2abf74526163cef0a90eb12edf49752f110a6c16"
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 531 (2023) — Dam Safety Law Clarification.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S531v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACC-20-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7248/0/S531-ACC-20-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S531v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S531v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S531v3.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-131 `became-law`
- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-25** Pres. To Gov. 9/25/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In H Amend S531v1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2023
- **2023-09-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2023-09-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-09-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-05** Placed On Cal For 09/13/2023
- **2023-09-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-05** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-24** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8a3a406-7e41-4f12-af59-7b5ed95eb251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).