---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities/Water and Wastewater Consumption."
description: "Utilities/Water and Wastewater Consumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "North Carolina HB 529 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SAFETY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Conrad", "Riddell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcd7826-2e89-49e7-bf16-98e4c13508b8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cbe338cf5a6f0b337ead2345308e5518438c6b52cf2fedc168e4f4b6d3b1fcf6"
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 529 (2019) — Utilities/Water and Wastewater Consumption.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H529v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H529v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H529v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H529v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H529v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Conrad — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-88 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
- **2019-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2019
- **2019-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bcd7826-2e89-49e7-bf16-98e4c13508b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).