---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allocate Water Cost/Landlord-Tenant Changes."
description: "Allocate Water Cost/Landlord-Tenant Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 661"
citation: "North Carolina SB 661 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7430e828-7c33-4690-af90-e7666c47ee82"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S661&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "15e3e44326f24bfa3b37478ee19c584b818702442088dfb884eae62b26f3075d"
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 661 (2009) — Allocate Water Cost/Landlord-Tenant Changes.

## 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/S661v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-279 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-01** Ratified
- **2009-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-25** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-23** Postponed To 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Water Resources and Infrastructure, if favorable, Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7430e828-7c33-4690-af90-e7666c47ee82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).