---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southport Utility Undergrounding."
description: "Southport Utility Undergrounding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1733"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1733 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "UTILITIES", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SOUTHPORT", "REP. STILLER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-26"
last_action: "2004-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc6e258-6fed-4f3a-a676-0dd8db1c2029"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1733&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "550a8a926f74cbe1937bc05f7e2fa8dff7507ebd874c5f8192708c78adccc349"
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 1733 (2003) — Southport Utility Undergrounding.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1733v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1733v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1733v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1733v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1733v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-13** Ch. SL 2004-97 `became-law`
- **2004-07-13** Ratified
- **2004-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-28** Rec From House
- **2004-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2004
- **2004-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc6e258-6fed-4f3a-a676-0dd8db1c2029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).