---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regionalization of Public Utilities."
description: "Regionalization of Public Utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "North Carolina HB 488 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGrady", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d45a5950-112b-401e-b2c5-81564d599771"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H488&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "618b0dfb9afe0e8a752ecac7968fc0e487e41dee74731678f1eb19f77a441417"
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 488 (2013) — Regionalization of Public Utilities.

## 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/H488v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-11-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3697/0/H488-AST-11-V-6)
3. **A1: AST-58-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4489/0/H488-AST-58-V-5)
4. **A2: AST-62-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4513/0/H488-AST-62-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v6.pdf)
11. **SL2013-50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H488v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **76–40** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGrady — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-14** Ch. SL 2013-50 `became-law`
- **2013-05-14** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2013-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-02** Ratified
- **2013-05-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Added to Calendar
- **2013-04-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-29** Engrossed
- **2013-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-29** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Rec From House
- **2013-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2013
- **2013-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d45a5950-112b-401e-b2c5-81564d599771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).