---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Telecommunications Services."
description: "Regulate Telecommunications Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "North Carolina SB 494 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. GARROU", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2005-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e79c84c-8360-4479-a1f7-480af651ca3c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S494&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c84f014249c202d617725c0a238c894e07872abff2b0ec26c43cfc21f288b41"
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 494 (2005) — Regulate Telecommunications Services.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S494v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S494v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-23** Ch. SL 2005-95 `became-law`
- **2005-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-13** Ratified
- **2005-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2005
- **2005-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-27** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-12** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e79c84c-8360-4479-a1f7-480af651ca3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).