---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities/Carrier of Last Resort."
description: "Utilities/Carrier of Last Resort."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "North Carolina SB 889 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. VAUGHAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f4e619-963e-4ebe-af51-f2605e600d5a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S889&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "60c2bc1c3a75dd5ca847eeb7cd31cc85c2b9d27b97f9debf43448f670cd28ecd"
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 889 (2009) — Utilities/Carrier of Last Resort.

## 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/S889v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-202 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-17** Ratified
- **2009-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2009
- **2009-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3f4e619-963e-4ebe-af51-f2605e600d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).