---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Lyons Gray/Utilities Commission."
description: "Confirm Lyons Gray/Utilities Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SJR 749"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 749 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-25"
last_action: "2016-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c31b63-f5f8-4d93-b29d-53c12bf10429"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S749&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e16e351e902b227dbf19e67c451a3a39a73fd2e8d251745ab51fee9062a1f9fe"
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 749 (2015) — Confirm Lyons Gray/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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2016-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-11** Ch. Res 2016-5 `became-law`
- **2016-05-11** Ratified
- **2016-05-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2016
- **2016-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-04-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-26** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80c31b63-f5f8-4d93-b29d-53c12bf10429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).