---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities Commission/Criminal Records Check."
description: "Utilities Commission/Criminal Records Check."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "North Carolina HB 340 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHIPPING", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STEEN", "REP. HAGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-11"
last_action: "2012-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c806fc65-ff67-4282-b57e-e3e93990fa4b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H340&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "823dca776d8247f28a64b03a9892764d42c33fa9dfea796c3e65b9d85f97f8d3"
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 HB 340 (2011) — Utilities Commission/Criminal Records Check.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H340v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steen — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-07** Ch. SL 2012-9 `became-law`
- **2012-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-01** Pres. To Gov. 6/1/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-05-31** Ratified
- **2012-05-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-15** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities, if favorable, Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c806fc65-ff67-4282-b57e-e3e93990fa4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).