---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water/Wastewater Public Enterprise Reform."
description: "Water/Wastewater Public Enterprise Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1087"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1087 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHARTERS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DAMS", "DEQ", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FILM INDUSTRY", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GRANTS", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MANAGEMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE TREASURER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED", "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY", "SHALLOW DRAFT INLET DREDGING FUND", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-14"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9cad8e-60db-4a24-99b2-d74170f716e5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H1087&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "90e36834b9b6ce770409692cee420cb2f3a990fc687c64e31094d1cd35aa1bdc"
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 1087 (2019) — Water/Wastewater Public Enterprise Reform.

## 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/H1087v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMG-64-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/7967/0/H1087-AMG-64-V-3)
3. **A1: AMH-68-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8184/0/H1087-AMH-68-V-2)
4. **A2: AMH-65-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8185/0/H1087-AMH-65-V-5)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v5.pdf)
10. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v6.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v7.pdf)
12. **SL 2020-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1087v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- P. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-79 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26** Ratified
- **2020-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-23** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Engrossed
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2020-06-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2020-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-09** Ruled Material
- **2020-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Ruled Material
- **2020-05-14** Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce9cad8e-60db-4a24-99b2-d74170f716e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).