---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Howard Lee to Utilities Commission."
description: "Confirm Howard Lee to Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SJR 426"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 426 (2005)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. SOLES", "CHAPTERED", "LEE", "HOWARD N."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-07"
last_action: "2005-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6ffb2d-a737-4ce2-b001-ec23fe4f4a90"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S426&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d1c34853bb6d61575bcbdc8ea73fa5062a7c67c80d480dd1d031eeb90d7ae90"
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 SJR 426 (2005) — Confirm Howard Lee to Utilities Commission.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S426v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S426v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2005-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S426v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-03-24** Ch. Res 2005-18 `became-law`
- **2005-03-24** Ratified
- **2005-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-23** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-03-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-09** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa6ffb2d-a737-4ce2-b001-ec23fe4f4a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).