---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Water/Sewer Rate Adjustment Mechanisms."
description: "Amend Water/Sewer Rate Adjustment Mechanisms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "North Carolina SB 211 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e251b1-f3b2-44a5-8307-fceeec73dfcf"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S211"
source_hash: "38017f80f7f3f30969fa4b040b6808e5dee56ba30b4d1dc9f23639bdad1afbe9"
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 211 (2021) — Amend Water/Sewer Rate Adjustment Mechanisms.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S211v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-49-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52868/0/S211-ARI-49-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S211v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-149 `became-law`
- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-02** Pres. To Gov. 9/2/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-01** Ratified
- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-31** Concurred In H Amend S211v1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-30** Placed On Cal For 08/31/2021
- **2021-08-30** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2021-08-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-24** Placed On Cal For 08/25/2021
- **2021-08-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-31** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e251b1-f3b2-44a5-8307-fceeec73dfcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).