North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 472 — Coastal Regulatory Reform.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025

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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on July 02, 2025.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    2 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

14 added · 37 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Senate Bill 472 clarify that the Department of Environmental Quality will make a specific request to the United States regarding 401 water quality permits. This modification helps streamline communication and ensures that local environmental concerns are clearly presented to federal authorities. It matters because it can improve the efficiency of the water quality review process and enhance local input on environmental protections.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 472 Regulatory Reform Committee Substitute Adopted 4/9/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 472 Short Title:
Senators Jarvis, McInnis, and Moffitt (Primary Sponsors).
March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACT TOMAKEVARIOUS CHANGES TO THEPROCESS FOR 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACT TOMAKEVARIOUS CHANGES TO THEPROCESS FOR 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
– Notwithstanding 15A NCAC 02H .0502(a)(10), the Department shall begin review of permit applications immediately upon receipt.
– Notwithstanding 15A NCAC 02H .0502(a)(10), the Department shall not require payment of the fee at the time an application for a water quality certification is submitted.
The Department shall inform an applicant of the requisite fee within five business days after receipt of the application.
Rather, the Department shall inform an applicant of the requisite fee within five business days after receipt of the application.
The 401 Water Quality Certification shall not be issued until the applicant has paid the requisite fee.
The application will not be deemed complete for purposes of Department review until the applicant has paid the requisite fee.
TheDepartment ofEnvironmentalQualityshall request thattheUnited States Army Corps of Engineers approve a modification to the Programmatic Agreement executed between the agencies to reflect the review and decision time lines for water quality certifications set forth in 15A NCAC 02H .0507.
TheDepartment ofEnvironmentalQualityshall request that theUnited States Army Corps of Engineers approve a modification to the Programmatic Agreement executed between the agencies to reflect the review and decision time lines for water quality certifications set forth in 15A NCAC 02H .0507.
The expedited process shall require the Department to review and approve or deny an application for awaterqualitycertification within fivebusiness days ofreceipt oftheapplicationandfee.Failure *S472-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 to take action within five business days shall result in a waiver of the certification requirement by the Director.
The expedited process shall require the Department to review and approve an application for a water *S472-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 quality certification within five business days of receipt of the application.
SECTION 4.(a) No later than August 1, 2025, the Department of Environmental Quality shall prepare and submit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for approval by that agency the proposed changes set forth in Section 3 of this act.
Failure to take action within five calendar days shall result in a waiver of the certification requirement by the Director.
SECTION 4.(b) Section 3 of this act become effective on the later of the following dates:
SECTION 4.
(1) October 1, 2025.
This act is effective when it becomes law.
(2) The first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that USEPA has approved the proposed changes set forth in Section 3 of this act, as required by subsection (a) of this section.
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The Secretary shall provide this notice along with the effective date of this act on its website.
SECTION 4.(c) On the date that USEPA notifies the Department of Environmental QualitythatithasapprovedtheproposedchangessetforthinSection3ofthisact,theDepartment of Environmental Quality shall request that the United States Army Corps of Engineers approve a modification to the Programmatic Agreement executed between the agencies to reflect the review and decision time lines for water quality certifications set forth in Section 3 of this act.
SECTION 4.(d) The Department of Environmental Quality shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on the status of their activities pursuant to subsection (c) of this section quarterly, beginning September 1, 2025, until the date this act becomes law.
SECTION 5.
Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025

  2. Ch. SL 2025-48

  3. Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025

  4. Ratified

  5. Special Message Sent To Senate

  6. Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  7. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  8. Withdrawn From Com

  9. Placed on Today's Calendar

  10. Concurred In H Com Sub

  11. Ordered Enrolled

  12. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  13. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  14. Added to Calendar

  15. Amend Adopted A1

  16. Passed 2nd Reading

  17. Passed 3rd Reading

  18. Ordered Engrossed

  19. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  20. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  21. Withdrawn From Com

  22. Re-ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  23. Withdrawn From Com

  24. Re-ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  25. Passed 1st Reading

  26. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  27. Regular Message Sent To House

  28. Regular Message Received From Senate

  29. Passed 2nd Reading

  30. Passed 3rd Reading

  31. Reptd Fav

  32. Reptd Fav

  33. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  34. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  35. Com Substitute Adopted

  36. Re-ref Com On Agriculture, Energy, and Environment

  37. Withdrawn From Com

  38. Re-ref to Regulatory Reform. If fav, re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  39. Passed 1st Reading

  40. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  41. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on · 58 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (176)

176 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Motion 9 To Concur

Passed 30 Yea · 15 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 51500
Republican 25005
Total 301505
% of votes cast 60%30%0%10%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Nay
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Nay
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Nay
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Julie Mayfield Democratic Nay
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Nay
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Nay
Sydney Batch Democratic Nay
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Val Applewhite Democratic Nay
Woodson Bradley Democratic Nay
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Not Voting
Brad Overcash Republican Not Voting
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Not Voting
Mark Hollo Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Not Voting
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Not Voting
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 66 Yea · 45 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
U 2000
Democratic 24200
Republican 59009
Unaffiliated 3300
Total 664509
% of votes cast 55%38%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
CharlesSmith — Nay
vonHaefen — Nay
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Nay
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Nay
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Nay
Beth Helfrich Democratic Nay
Brandon Lofton Democratic Nay
Brian Turner Democratic Nay
Bryan Cohn Democratic Nay
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Nay
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Dante Pittman Democratic Nay
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Nay
Gloristine Brown Democratic Nay
James Roberson Democratic Nay
Jordan Lopez Democratic Nay
Julia Greenfield Democratic Nay
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Mike Colvin Democratic Nay
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Nay
Phil Rubin Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Nay
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Nay
Tim Longest Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Nay
Vernetta Alston Democratic Nay
Ya Liu Democratic Nay
Zack Hawkins Democratic Nay
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Not Voting
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Who sponsors SB 472?
SB 472 is sponsored by Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican), Tom McInnis (Republican), and Steve Jarvis (Republican).
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