---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Gas/Rate Adjustment Mechanism."
description: "Natural Gas/Rate Adjustment Mechanism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "North Carolina HB 119 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager", "Millis", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fed6d0b6-04f8-463c-a502-390fbc9c330f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H119&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "20be4ef1f0ed4362fa1bac94a6d5a938ad89d678f9ed8824f4557a01b73ed110"
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 119 (2013) — Natural Gas/Rate Adjustment Mechanism.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H119v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H119v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H119v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H119v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-17** Ch. SL 2013-54 `became-law`
- **2013-05-17** Signed by Gov. 5/17/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-17** Pres. To Gov. 05/17/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-16** Ratified
- **2013-05-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-04** Rec From House
- **2013-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** Placed On Cal For 02/28/2013
- **2013-02-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-20** Ref To Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fed6d0b6-04f8-463c-a502-390fbc9c330f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).