---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Regional Water and Sewer Funds."
description: "Clarify Regional Water and Sewer Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 637"
citation: "North Carolina HB 637 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "OAK RIDGE", "MAYODAN", "CHAPTERED", "MADISON", "REIDSVILLE", "SUMMERFIELD", "STOKESDALE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Jones", "Blust", "K. Hall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-06"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b41375-390a-4d8f-8437-37e0a1ec3bf2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H637&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "292187c06a33dda6df5a72f9483874ece121e23c6b80751fb5179ee2fad7177d"
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 637 (2017) — Clarify Regional Water and Sewer Funds.

## 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/H637v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H637v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H637v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H637v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bert Jones — primary (person)
- Blust — primary (person)
- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Ch. SL 2017-17 `became-law`
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Gov. 5/23/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Pres. To Gov. 5/17/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Ratified
- **2017-05-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b41375-390a-4d8f-8437-37e0a1ec3bf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).