---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transmission Line Ownership."
description: "Transmission Line Ownership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 635"
citation: "North Carolina SB 635 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRICITY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bab7625-0864-4268-8d02-7bd98ec6abe1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S635&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24ae01babfd360f5da80649e161d3d5fe211340f67bb91cc4f44a5b8baa6e305"
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 635 (2013) — Transmission Line Ownership.

## 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/S635v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-37-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6183/0/S635-ATD-37-V-6)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S635v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **92–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-03** Ch. SL 2013-232 `became-law`
- **2013-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 06/28/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-27** Ratified
- **2013-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2013
- **2013-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-17** Postponed To 06/19/2013
- **2013-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-08** Postponed To 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-07** Postponed To 05/08/2013
- **2013-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2013
- **2013-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Ref To Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bab7625-0864-4268-8d02-7bd98ec6abe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).