---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Water Service Warranties."
description: "Public Water Service Warranties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1259 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WARRANTIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "SEN. RAND", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2008-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c0e54c-4076-4016-8f8e-8b1c3d1c07de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1259&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0a5c80bfcf1f130c21d03d5aceb1092ed1c11c6c2541120f2cfb48374e64dc0b"
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 1259 (2007) — Public Water Service Warranties.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1259v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-28** Ch. SL 2008-140 `became-law`
- **2008-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c0e54c-4076-4016-8f8e-8b1c3d1c07de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).