---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband Service Providers."
description: "Broadband Service Providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "North Carolina HB 135 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONE", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON", "REP. TILLIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison", "Haire", "Tolson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f5e7900-8f71-4964-826c-616343a0e422"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H135&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7b95cc77b36624c300abeb133c5fc2410f72f62442129b7493e7e182878129a"
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 135 (2009) — Broadband Service Providers.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H135v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H135v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H135v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H135v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H135v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Haire — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-11** Ch. SL 2009-80 `became-law`
- **2009-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-02** Ratified
- **2009-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-07** Rec From House
- **2009-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2009
- **2009-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Ways & Means / Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f5e7900-8f71-4964-826c-616343a0e422`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).