---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Jo Anne Sanford Utilities Commission."
description: "Confirm Jo Anne Sanford Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SJR 1021"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 1021 (2003)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GOVERNOR", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. SOLES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-05-07"
last_action: "2003-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b8d9f68-fa44-4ff8-acfe-524ef16b6fdc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1021&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7712692c4cce5d489c8abe7b79d7fe2c0023b5858064eda3058e3fa856be5b4"
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 1021 (2003) — Confirm Jo Anne Sanford 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/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2003-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1021v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-12** Ch. Res 2003-16 `became-law`
- **2003-06-12** Ratified
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-26** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-26** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-07** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b8d9f68-fa44-4ff8-acfe-524ef16b6fdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).