---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Karen Kemerait, Utilities Commission."
description: "Confirm Karen Kemerait, Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HJR 975"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 975 (2021)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIRMATION", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-28"
last_action: "2022-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5bd062-f509-4685-9b0b-8dcd383eea5e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H975"
source_hash: "b51467c18914a523d8fdc0f6fc24512269fa2ed278846910170c4ce3020ac10e"
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 HJR 975 (2021) — Confirm Karen Kemerait, Utilities Commission.

## 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/H975v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H975v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2022-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H975v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** Ch. Res 2022-1 `became-law`
- **2022-03-10** Ratified
- **2022-03-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Re-ref Com On Agriculture, Energy, and Environment `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-10-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-10-04** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-09-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-09-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-09-29** Rules Suspended
- **2021-09-28** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-09-28** Reptd Fav. For Introduction `committee-passage-favorable`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c5bd062-f509-4685-9b0b-8dcd383eea5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).