---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities/Regulation of Pole Attachments."
description: "Utilities/Regulation of Pole Attachments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 357"
citation: "North Carolina SB 357 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-02"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea77d29-d059-4495-8bfb-eebe10f556a0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S357&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df0186590bb764c656abe063d3107910ff3842bdc94a5414a04379b315f54462"
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 357 (2009) — Utilities/Regulation of Pole Attachments.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S357v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-278 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-02** Ratified
- **2009-07-01** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-18** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea77d29-d059-4495-8bfb-eebe10f556a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).