---
type: "Bill"
title: "911/Wireless Service/Wire Expenses & Charges."
description: "911/Wireless Service/Wire Expenses & Charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1261 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITY REVIEW COMM.", "WIRELESS 911 BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM FUND", "REP. UNDERHILL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-14"
last_action: "2005-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df49b3a-1e27-4dea-8033-e4fe2999c930"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5787a045d4d3ae26f5cf4f48f5ac9333cc51ce24c2bdba3b17042274343d0a1d"
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 1261 (2005) — 911/Wireless Service/Wire Expenses & Charges.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1261v6.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **96–18** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **78–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Underhill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-27** Ch. SL 2005-439 `became-law`
- **2005-09-27** Signed By Gov. 9/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2005-08-22** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Rec From House
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df49b3a-1e27-4dea-8033-e4fe2999c930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).