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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water and Sewer Service Related Changes."
description: "Water and Sewer Service Related Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 538"
citation: "North Carolina HB 538 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "TAXATION", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "TAX DISTRICTS", "VANDALISM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2015-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785ea2c1-b0c9-4886-bcb3-5c241c5616de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H538&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7ba06cd49a892eeb942358b90a9c66a5a8bb6186c59320c7e53b94ec25196116"
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 538 (2015) — Water and Sewer Service Related Changes.
## 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/House/PDF/H538v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5883/0/H538-A-NBC-1009)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v6.pdf)
9. **SL2015-207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H538v7.pdf)
## Votes
- M11 Concur R3 Ruled Mat'l — **1080** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur R2 Ruled Mat'l — **1070** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-08-11** Ch. SL 2015-207 `became-law`
- **2015-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-06** Ratified
- **2015-08-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-05** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2015-08-04** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2015-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2015
- **2015-07-30** Ruled Material
- **2015-07-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-28** Engrossed
- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-21** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
- **2015-07-21** Sequential Referral To Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Stricken
- **2015-07-13** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Environment `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/785ea2c1-b0c9-4886-bcb3-5c241c5616de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).