republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2017/hb-396.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Municipal Broadband Service Area.	Municipal Broadband Service Area.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2017	HB 396	North Carolina HB 396 (2017)	bill	COUNTIES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNET MUNICIPALITIES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELESERVICES WILSON COUNTY WILSON CHAPTERED	enacted	S. Martin	5	28	2	2017-03-16	2017-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/c6e86507-4969-4f82-bbc3-d26f3d39aa67	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H396&votesToView=all	7af769144b7abf5009b230483536e8a81fc85448750a119db1a761321fab26b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 396 (2017) — Municipal Broadband Service Area.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL 2017-180 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 113–6 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• S. Martin — primary (person)
• B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
• Belk — cosponsor (person)
• Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
• G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Harrison — cosponsor (person)
• Insko — cosponsor (person)
• Terry — cosponsor (person)
• Willingham — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-07-25 Ch. SL 2017-180 became-law
• 2017-07-25 Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 executive-signature
• 2017-06-29 Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-06-29 Ratified
• 2017-06-28 Ordered Enrolled
• 2017-06-28 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-28 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2017-06-28 Placed on Today's Calendar
• 2017-06-28 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-26 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-06-26 Withdrawn From Com
• 2017-06-08 Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-06-08 Withdrawn From Com
• 2017-04-27 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Regular Message Received From House
• 2017-04-27 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2017-04-26 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-26 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-25 Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
• 2017-04-25 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2017-04-25 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-25 Serial Referral To State and Local Government II Stricken
• 2017-04-10 Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, State and Local Government II referral-committee
• 2017-04-10 Withdrawn From Com
• 2017-03-20 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-16 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6e86507-4969-4f82-bbc3-d26f3d39aa67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).