---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Gas Econ. Dev. Infrastructure."
description: "Natural Gas Econ. Dev. Infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "North Carolina SB 673 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DMV", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUELS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MANUFACTURING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED", "MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2016-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d77c15b-541d-4cfe-ad4c-2f0abc2b563e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S673&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4fad5390757c758c6a0e688c4b365f7857b6dd2bf28f2037dfa7eb032d1ed2c0"
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 673 (2015) — Natural Gas Econ. Dev. Infrastructure.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2016-118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S673v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **37–6** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **67–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-28** Ch. SL 2016-118 `became-law`
- **2016-07-28** Signed by Gov. 7/28/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-07-01** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-01** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2016-07-01** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-07-01** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2016
- **2016-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-22** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2015-04-29** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-09** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d77c15b-541d-4cfe-ad4c-2f0abc2b563e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).