---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wireless Communications Infrastructure Siting."
description: "Wireless Communications Infrastructure Siting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 310"
citation: "North Carolina HB 310 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saine", "Torbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9e15ccb-4f27-4d3d-ac2c-ba6b7f17c850"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H310&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f0cf9d4669271adaadc45cfc689102cc574c3720e46eaa31f35424647c3905e3"
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 310 (2017) — Wireless Communications Infrastructure Siting.

## 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/H310v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-30-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4424/0/H310-AST-30-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H310v7.pdf)

## Votes

- A2 Harrison Third Reading — **32–83** (fail) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saine — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-159 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-06-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-01** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2017
- **2017-05-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Placed On Cal For 05/30/2017
- **2017-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9e15ccb-4f27-4d3d-ac2c-ba6b7f17c850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).