---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Utilities Commission Appointment."
description: "Confirm Utilities Commission Appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HJR 271"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 271 (2013)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2013-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2bfa27e-344e-4ab7-a826-6e7fd85fe4a3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H271&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4aff4e4f7d0c1e4384dcbb4de7eeb1049567865b2c1c1961b8a4ef26c1332a3f"
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 271 (2013) — Confirm Utilities Commission 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H271v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H271v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2013-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H271v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-17** Ch. Res 2013-14 `became-law`
- **2013-06-17** Ratified
- **2013-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Rec From House
- **2013-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** Ref To Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2bfa27e-344e-4ab7-a826-6e7fd85fe4a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).