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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Competitive Energy Solutions for NC."
+description: "Competitive Energy Solutions for NC."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 589"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 589 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ARMED FORCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "EDUCATION", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FUELS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MILITARY BASES", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "MORATORIUMS", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "ENERGY POLICY COMN."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Szoka"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-05"
+last_action: "2017-07-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b97497-2bd4-4a2c-acfd-e3e67c580dc6"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H589&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "f220c4776d7002703eedfdd8dcd63c91c5cebf5e374573e87d111bb39460d1d6"
+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 589 (2017) — Competitive Energy Solutions for NC.
+
+## 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/H589v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATS-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4549/0/H589-ATS-8-V-1)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v3.pdf)
+6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v4.pdf)
+7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v5.pdf)
+8. **SL 2017-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H589v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- For Adoption Conference Report — **36–4** (pass) · upper
+- C RPT Adoption — **66–41** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arp — primary (person)
+- Szoka — primary (person)
+- Watford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-192 `became-law`
+- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-30** Ratified
+- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-30** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2017-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
+- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
+- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
+- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-23** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-06-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-08** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2017-06-08** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2017-06-07** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2017-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2017
+- **2017-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-05** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0b97497-2bd4-4a2c-acfd-e3e67c580dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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