---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm ToNola Brown-Bland/Utilities Comm."
description: "Confirm ToNola Brown-Bland/Utilities Comm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SJR 701"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 701 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-01-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51404dff-656a-4206-b5b7-906e9e78cf82"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S701&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "be315b20102bd2ccace6027e6ee48bc11eb67653ac1f846fc3a196888ff10a3b"
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 SJR 701 (2017) — Confirm ToNola Brown-Bland/Utilities Comm.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S701v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S701v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2018-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S701v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Ch. Res 2018-2 `became-law`
- **2018-01-10** Ratified
- **2018-01-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-01-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-10** Added to Calendar
- **2018-01-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-01-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-01-10** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-01-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-10** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-01-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Ref To Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51404dff-656a-4206-b5b7-906e9e78cf82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).