---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities Access to Public Rights-of-Way."
description: "Utilities Access to Public Rights-of-Way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1469"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1469 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saunders"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a22190-ef82-47c9-8c44-182178a7a0ed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1469&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dd2fc3a8fc5b3250b0a135529daaeaa1d068bc4b93680d907447bb23f8b4b389"
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 1469 (2005) — Utilities Access to Public Rights-of-Way.

## 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/H1469v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1469v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-22** Ch. SL 2005-286 `became-law`
- **2005-08-22** Signed By Gov. 8/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-12** Pres. To Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-11** Ratified
- **2005-08-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-09** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2005
- **2005-08-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-20** Failed Concur In S Amend
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-14** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2005-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2005
- **2005-07-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Rec From House
- **2005-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-11** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-04** 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/e6a22190-ef82-47c9-8c44-182178a7a0ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).