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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Municipal Broadband Service Area."
+description: "Municipal Broadband Service Area."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 396"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 396 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COUNTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "WILSON COUNTY", "WILSON", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["S. Martin"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-16"
+last_action: "2017-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e86507-4969-4f82-bbc3-d26f3d39aa67"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H396&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "7af769144b7abf5009b230483536e8a81fc85448750a119db1a761321fab26b6"
+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 396 (2017) — Municipal Broadband Service Area.
+
+## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H396v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H396v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H396v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H396v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2017-180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H396v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **113–6** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- S. Martin — primary (person)
+- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Belk — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Insko — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry — cosponsor (person)
+- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-07-25** Ch. SL 2017-180 `became-law`
+- **2017-07-25** Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-29** Ratified
+- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
+- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-25** Serial Referral To State and Local Government II Stricken
+- **2017-04-10** Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-16** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e86507-4969-4f82-bbc3-d26f3d39aa67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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