---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expedite Water/Wastewater Franchise Transfer."
description: "Expedite Water/Wastewater Franchise Transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "North Carolina HB 455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Johnson", "Winslow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c37e56-5d41-4230-aa97-778baa71dc61"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H455"
source_hash: "15a29a436e8ee27216839c3d7fcfea34ce40cec1261c1c494dc46e276f6c7cf2"
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 455 (2023) — Expedite Water/Wastewater Franchise Transfer.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H455v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H455v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H455v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H455v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H455v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Winslow — primary (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-30** Ch. SL 2023-67 `became-law`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22** Pres. To Gov. 6/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** Ratified
- **2023-06-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04c37e56-5d41-4230-aa97-778baa71dc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).