---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relocation of Water/Sewer Line Costs."
description: "Relocation of Water/Sewer Line Costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "North Carolina SB 68 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f9314c5-b954-44ba-8d88-85ce3a97d958"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S68&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1bb27d189cfe138bcb1c15a1adfaff2851fe2f97797cd4d90e6f3e5ba690349e"
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 68 (2019) — Relocation of Water/Sewer Line Costs.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S68v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S68v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S68v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S68v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S68v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-14** Ch. SL 2019-197 `became-law`
- **2019-08-14** Signed by Gov. 8/14/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-08** Pres. To Gov. 8/8/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-07** Ratified
- **2019-08-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-06** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-01** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2019
- **2019-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Serial Referral To Energy and Public Utilities Stricken
- **2019-03-06** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-03-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f9314c5-b954-44ba-8d88-85ce3a97d958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).