---
type: "Bill"
title: "Master Meters/Landlord-Tenant Agreement."
description: "Master Meters/Landlord-Tenant Agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "North Carolina SB 545 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICITY", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02732724-558a-4ba9-a979-eed2ebfa5aef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S545&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10e996f459bd4d2df304124c25ba6a82580340347d3889af55ac3d3e4a940e44"
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 545 (2013) — Master Meters/Landlord-Tenant Agreement.

## 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/S545v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S545v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S545v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S545v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S545v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-168 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 06/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Postponed To 06/10/2013
- **2013-06-06** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** 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/02732724-558a-4ba9-a979-eed2ebfa5aef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).