---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities Comm. Appointment."
description: "Utilities Comm. Appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HJR 1582"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1582 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saunders"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-05-03"
last_action: "2005-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2b46f6-5f39-498c-9503-b90ed04e0389"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1582&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b7a15c0bb7b261f81b99d1c830610513eeb364e32a09749e8268507ee22b2a5"
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 1582 (2005) — Utilities Comm. Appointment.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1582v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1582v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1582v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1582v3.pdf)
5. **Res 2005-38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1582v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saunders — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-30** Ch. Res 2005-38 `became-law`
- **2005-06-30** Ratified
- **2005-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2005
- **2005-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-28** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-20** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-13** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Rec From House
- **2005-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2005
- **2005-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-04** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2b46f6-5f39-498c-9503-b90ed04e0389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).