---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Time for Universal Service Final Rules."
description: "Extend Time for Universal Service Final Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "North Carolina SB 217 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b01be1-ca1e-48ed-bf06-b175022210ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S217&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "93f5ca810e822d33ba237ad582b7af047b4787ab1f61e9b92f95a792dd398f2d"
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 SB 217 (2001) — Extend Time for Universal Service Final Rules.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S217v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-06-29** Ch. SL 2001-252 `became-law`
- **2001-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-28** Ratified
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-28** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2001-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-12** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-22** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0b01be1-ca1e-48ed-bf06-b175022210ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).