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HB 873 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

DEQ Agency Bill.

HB 873, titled "DEQ Agency Bill," proposes various changes to statutes governing the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The bill authorizes the DEQ to use public schools and other tax-maintained buildings for public hearings, subject to conditions like not interfering with school activities and covering custodial fees. It also clarifies that landowners who purchase property with knowledge of hazardous waste and then cause exposure or migration are considered responsible parties for inactive hazardous sites. Additionally, the bill sets requirements for off-site hazardous waste recycling facilities and modifies the payment schedule for Brownfields agreement fees into two installments.
Issues: ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentClarifies landowner liability for hazardous waste exposure, strengthening DEQ's remediation authority and environmental cleanup responsibilities.85% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 9, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025
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Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill revision reorganizes the legislative text structure while maintaining the same substantive policy provisions. The primary change is a reordering of sections where the charter school access provision moved from Section 1 to become the first substantive section, and the hazardous waste recycling section was renumbered from Section 3 to Section 2. The header information was also simplified by removing sponsor details and committee referral language.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is primarily a formatting and structural reorganization of the legislative text.
TECHNICAL

Header information was simplified by removing sponsor names and committee referral details, keeping only the short title and date.

Section numbering was reorganized: the charter school access provision moved from Section 1 to become the first substantive section, while the hazardous waste recycling section was renumbered from Section 3 to Section 2.

The inactive hazardous sites responsible party section (originally Section 2) was removed from this version of the bill.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Finance
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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