---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities Commission Technical and Additional Changes."
description: "Utilities Commission Technical and Additional Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "North Carolina HB 217 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SHIPPING", "TRUCKS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "B. Jones", "Szoka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f1823c2-b411-445a-8f3b-7b1f5bb8da90"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H217"
source_hash: "cbc2f51b5ab3911ac3f19a3488e12d6f9edc868d041013d4e2039cde56f0f737"
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 217 (2021) — Utilities Commission Technical and Additional Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H217v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H217v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H217v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H217v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-23** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H217v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17** Ch. SL 2021-23 `became-law`
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Gov. 5/17/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Pres. To Gov. 5/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Ratified
- **2021-05-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Placed On Cal For 03/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-03-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Re-ref Com On Energy and Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f1823c2-b411-445a-8f3b-7b1f5bb8da90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).