---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunication Service Providers."
description: "Telecommunication Service Providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1468"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1468 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saunders"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a71dd9e7-d553-4cb9-b3a8-03cd6d61d82c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1468&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "818d424dd52adc3b4c7a3d713296c9f18e96ed8fbc7f998acbddac0253478a35"
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 1468 (2005) — Telecommunication Service Providers.

## 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/H1468v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1468v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1468v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1468v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1468v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1468v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saunders — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-13** Ch. SL 2005-385 `became-law`
- **2005-09-13** Signed By Gov. 9/13/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **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`
- **2005-05-25** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Rec From House
- **2005-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a71dd9e7-d553-4cb9-b3a8-03cd6d61d82c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).