---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Kim Duffley/Utilities Commission."
description: "Confirm Kim Duffley/Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SJR 685"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 685 (2019)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-02"
last_action: "2019-10-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2ec4b78-5450-47ff-95c0-9b20c1d8a1d0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S685&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9ca5c3504611f2a4f0dcc8de93e57dfd6f78505630251e37fd45265be24c6c9b"
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 685 (2019) — Confirm Kim Duffley/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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2019-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-31** Ch. Res 2019-19 `became-law`
- **2019-10-31** Ratified
- **2019-10-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-10-31** Added to Calendar
- **2019-10-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-10-31** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-10-31** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-10-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-10-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-10-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-23** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2ec4b78-5450-47ff-95c0-9b20c1d8a1d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).