---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Operating Funds for Utilities."
description: "Emergency Operating Funds for Utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 691"
citation: "North Carolina SB 691 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-10"
last_action: "2019-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f919d36f-1905-4b8f-b238-5d05b864255f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S691&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8b8d56b23172196fff8be150a444d507c9b7e1c550e980e044b7ab5a71e5eacb"
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 691 (2019) — Emergency Operating Funds for Utilities.

## 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/S691v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S691v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S691v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S691v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-24** Ch. SL 2019-226 `became-law`
- **2019-09-24** Signed by Gov. 9/24/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-18** Pres. To Gov. 9/18/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-18** Ratified
- **2019-09-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-09-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-09-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-09-17** Placed On Cal For 09/18/2019
- **2019-09-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-09-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-09-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-09-16** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-09-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-09-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-09-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-09-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Sequential Referral To Rules and Operations of the Senate Added
- **2019-09-11** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f919d36f-1905-4b8f-b238-5d05b864255f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).