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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Environmental Laws."
description: "Amend Environmental Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 157"
citation: "North Carolina HB 157 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COMPACTS", "COMPUTERS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "ENERGY POLICY COUNCIL", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "GOVERNOR", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SESSION LAWS", "SOLID WASTE", "TAXATION", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "TAXES", "DISPOSAL", "CHAPTERED", "COAL ASH COMN", "INTERSTATE MINING COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McElraft"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2015-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc93ae9-beb8-4539-aa0c-d271a8590b40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H157&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "729c864a0fbc8307a6eebdb96e2051ec838555a1e1ea91029591beb62a25d7ce"
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 157 (2015) — Amend Environmental Laws.
## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H157v5.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **3711** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **3910** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-16** Ch. SL 2015-1 `became-law`
- **2015-03-16** Signed by Gov. 3/16/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-03-16** Pres. To Gov. 3/16/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-03-16** Ratified
- **2015-03-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-03-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Special Message Received From House
- **2015-03-11** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-03-11** Added to Calendar
- **2015-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-04** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dc93ae9-beb8-4539-aa0c-d271a8590b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).