---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities/Design/Survey Location Services."
description: "Utilities/Design/Survey Location Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "North Carolina SB 9 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURVEYING", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae912da9-9513-4d2a-9869-89a0efe47b56"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S9&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7727811e64acf169e001788540bc01e383cd46b86071f46a0778aba4166679f"
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 9 (2013) — Utilities/Design/Survey Location Services.

## 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/S9v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATP-3-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/1701/0/S9-ATP-3-V-3)
3. **A1: ATP-36-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5847/0/S9-ATP-36-V-1)
4. **A2: ATP-37-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5863/0/S9-ATP-37-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v5.pdf)
10. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v6.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v7.pdf)
12. **SL2013-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S9v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-142 `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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-10** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/07/2013
- **2013-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-22** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-22** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2013-05-22** Serial Referral To Public Utilities and Energy Added
- **2013-03-21** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-19** Engrossed
- **2013-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-13** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-03-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae912da9-9513-4d2a-9869-89a0efe47b56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).