republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2019/hb-268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend On-Site Wastewater Laws/Misc. TC."
description: "Amend On-Site Wastewater Laws/Misc. TC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 268"
citation: "North Carolina HB 268 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "DEQ", "DHHS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "SOILS", "STUDIES", "TASK FORCES", "UTILITIES", "ON-SITE WASTEWATER CONTRACTORS BD.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "SOIL SCIENTISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3a33ca-c2f1-4bac-850e-c0c5713ae450"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H268&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3f540a145f5c6bc50c0b44e094c3da094cee274d173a5dcca0567e23a02698e1"
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 268 (2019) — Amend On-Site Wastewater Laws/Misc. TC.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-34-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5352/0/H268-ARI-34-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H268v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–6** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-22** Ch. SL 2019-151 `became-law`
- **2019-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** Ratified
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-10** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-08** Engrossed
- **2019-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2019
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2019
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2019
- **2019-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-11** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3a33ca-c2f1-4bac-850e-c0c5713ae450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).