---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Certain Steel Tubing/Electrical K'ors."
description: "Exempt Certain Steel Tubing/Electrical K'ors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "North Carolina SB 148 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-27"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb72b0d-4fd2-47f7-b60f-d3ffce16592f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S148&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9e824236d22d95553ad5b23e7ba5cc0466dee9a2208657303ae696c17141be1b"
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 148 (2013) — Exempt Certain Steel Tubing/Electrical K'ors.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S148v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-24** Ch. SL 2013-36 `became-law`
- **2013-04-24** Signed by Gov. 4/24/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-18** Pres. To Gov. 04/18/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-17** Ratified
- **2013-04-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Postponed To 04/16/2013
- **2013-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2013
- **2013-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Ref To Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb72b0d-4fd2-47f7-b60f-d3ffce16592f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).