---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Electric Utilities/Rate Hearings."
description: "Municipal Electric Utilities/Rate Hearings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 457"
citation: "North Carolina HB 457 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "ELECTRICITY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "Farmer-Butterfield", "Tolson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-23"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca2141cd-4910-44b8-9e89-e6b4ece4c8b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H457&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "90da8b67c4cf629dc18076790738d2ad48360369239e7a9ea995fec329731f31"
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 457 (2011) — Municipal Electric Utilities/Rate Hearings.

## 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/H457v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-159-V-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7696/0/H457-ATD-159-V-9)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H457v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H457v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H457v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H457v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H457v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur\S. Amd. 1 — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-167 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-02** Ratified
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-10** Rec From House
- **2011-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca2141cd-4910-44b8-9e89-e6b4ece4c8b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).