---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground Utility Safety Act/Changes."
description: "Underground Utility Safety Act/Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "North Carolina HB 872 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "ELECTRICITY", "FEES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MEMBERSHIP", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "CABLE & SATELLITE TV", "UNDERGROUND DAMAGE BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Riddell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609b40e7-bb7d-4026-be88-614ec77776f4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H872&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "331aa1530fafdb2742db62460d9d843077020a1abfa0cff8aa2c9826f9ba08b3"
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 872 (2019) — Underground Utility Safety Act/Changes.

## 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/H872v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H872v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H872v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H872v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H872v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H872v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-01** Ch. SL 2019-189 `became-law`
- **2019-08-01** Signed by Gov. 8/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-24** Ratified
- **2019-07-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2019
- **2019-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019
- **2019-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019
- **2019-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019
- **2019-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2019-04-22** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609b40e7-bb7d-4026-be88-614ec77776f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).