---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Assessments/Critical Infrastructure."
description: "Special Assessments/Critical Infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "North Carolina HB 158 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "FUNDING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saine", "Strickland", "Williams"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b070559d-b4eb-4e71-be9b-7535b610dc6f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H158&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "76ee582954bd422366100897a523b8d22f8f48ffaae34481fee6fb7ac4bffabb"
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 HB 158 (2017) — Special Assessments/Critical 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-34-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4537/0/H158-ARB-34-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H158v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saine — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-21** Ch. SL 2017-40 `became-law`
- **2017-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-13** Ratified
- **2017-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2017
- **2017-06-08** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-07** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-06** Engrossed
- **2017-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Placed On Cal For 02/28/2017
- **2017-02-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Serial Referral To State and Local Government II Stricken
- **2017-02-22** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b070559d-b4eb-4e71-be9b-7535b610dc6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).