North Carolina 2021-2022 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 7 D · 2 I cosponsors

HB 476 — Judges in Stanly/Montgomery Counties.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2021. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 32 sponsors

    3 primary, 29 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (9 R · 7 D · 2 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

57 added · 17 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of House Bill 476 includes additional provisions that emphasize the importance of ensuring broadband networks are resilient, affordable, and of high quality, especially after emergencies. It now requires broadband service providers to maintain their networks for reliable communication and mandates the Commission to conduct evaluations and submit annual reports to assess progress in these areas. These changes matter because they aim to enhance the reliability and safety of broadband services, ultimately benefiting the public and improving connectivity across the state.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 H 2 HOUSE BILL 476 Committee Substitute Favorable 5/6/21 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 H 1 HOUSE BILL 476 Short Title:
Judges in Stanly/Montgomery Counties.
Broadband Consumer Protection.
Representatives Moss, Sasser, R.
Smith, and Penny (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
April 1, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STANLY COUNTY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR TWO DISTRICT COURT SEATS IN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 20A.
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 1, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENACT THE NORTH CAROLINA BROADBAND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF BROADBAND SERVICE BY THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 1.(a) Title.
G.S.
– This act shall be known and may be cited as the "North Carolina Broadband Consumer Protection Act." SECTION 1.(b) Legislative Findings.
7A-133(b6) reads as rewritten:
– The General Assembly finds that access to high-speed broadband service is a necessity and is essential to participation in the economy, education, and civic life.
"(b6) (Effective January 1, 2021, with elections in 2020 to be held accordingly) The qualified voters of District 20A shall elect all judges established for District 20A in subsection (a) of this section, but only persons who reside in Montgomery County may be candidates for one of the judgeships, and only persons who reside in Montgomery or Stanly County may be candidates for the remaining judgeships." SECTION 2.
Closing gaps in broadband availability is a matter of deployment, affordability,and ensuringnetworksareresilientandofhighqualityandthattheyfacilitatepublic safety.
This act becomes effective January 1, 2023, and elections held in 2022 shall be held accordingly.
The North Carolina Public Utilities Commission is provided the authority and a clear mandate to establish and enforce appropriate oversight of broadband in order to meet the State's goals of high-quality and affordable access to broadband.
*H476-v-2*
SECTION 2.(a) G.S.
62-2(b1) is repealed.
SECTION 2.(b) Article 17 of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 62-352.
Oversight of broadband service.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Broadband service.
– A mass-market retail service that provides the capability to transmit data and receive data with transmission speeds at the Federal Communications Commission standard minimum of 25 megabits per second download and 3 megabits per second upload.
(2) Broadband service provider.
– Anyperson, business, or organization qualified to do business in this State that provides individuals, corporations, or other entities with the ability to connect to the internet with a broadband service.
(b) The Commission shall be authorized to exercise oversight of broadband service.
(c) The Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement effective oversight of broadband service in this State, which include at least all of the following:
(1) Resiliency.
– The Commission shall ensure the resiliency and reliability of broadband infrastructure and require broadband service providers to submit information related to network reliability, including outage reporting.
(2) Public safety.
– The Commission shall ensure the consumer protection, public safety, and adequacy of broadband networks by exercising oversight of broadband service providers' emergency preparedness and plans for *H476-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 post-emergency network restoration, including establishing minimum power backup requirements and requiring all broadband service providers to maintain networks sufficiently to ensure reliable and safe communications services.
(3) Data collection.
– The Commission shall receive broadband service provider reports on availability and buildout.
(d) The Commission shall conduct evaluations and audits of facilities and infrastructure used to provide broadband service and evaluate facilities and infrastructure with respect to areas of public safety, resiliency, and any other area the Commission deems relevant to achieve standards of resiliency, quality, public safety, and affordability in broadband service.
(e) The Commission shall submit an annual report, beginning December 1, 2021, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government and the Fiscal Research Division on outcomes related to achieving goals of resiliency, public safety, and quality of broadband service in the State." SECTION 3.
This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021

  2. Ch. SL 2021-148

  3. Pres. To Gov. 9/2/2021

  4. Ratified

  5. Passed 2nd Reading

  6. Passed 3rd Reading

  7. Ordered Enrolled

  8. Reptd Fav

  9. Reptd Fav

  10. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  11. Withdrawn From Com

  12. Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  13. Withdrawn From Com

  14. Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  15. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  16. Regular Message Received From House

  17. Passed 1st Reading

  18. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  19. Passed 2nd Reading

  20. Passed 3rd Reading

  21. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  22. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  23. Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021

  24. Passed 1st Reading

  25. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  26. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 29 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (29)

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Second Reading

Passed 47 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12001
Unaffiliated 17001
Republican 18001
Total 47003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
deViere — Yea
Fitch — Yea
Foushee — Yea
Marcus — Yea
Nickel — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Ballard — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Proctor — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Bazemore — Not Voting
D. Davis — Yea
J. Jackson — Yea
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Not Voting
Michael Garrett Democratic Yea
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Not Voting
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 112 Yea · 1 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 26001
Unaffiliated 42102
U 1001
Republican 43003
Total 112107
% of votes cast 93%1%0%6%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Clemmons — Yea
Cooper-Suggs — Yea
Farkas — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Gailliard — Yea
Garrison — Yea
Gill — Yea
Graham — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hunt — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Hurtado — Yea
Insko — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Martin — Yea
Richardson — Yea
Terry — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Davis — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Johnson — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Yarborough — Yea
Boles — Nay
Hardister — Not Voting
Zachary — Not Voting
C. Smith — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
K. Smith — Yea
R. Smith — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Not Voting
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Not Voting
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Not Voting
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 119 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12000
Unaffiliated 82001
Republican 23000
U 1000
Total 118001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Avila — Yea
Baskerville — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Burr — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Dobson — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Floyd — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Gill — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
L.Bell — Yea
C.Graham — Yea
G.Graham — Yea
D.Hall — Yea
L.Hall — Yea
Earle — Yea
Glazier — Yea
Goodman — Yea
Hamilton — Yea
Jackson — Yea
R.Johnson — Yea
G.Martin — Yea
R.Moore — Yea
Queen — Yea
B.Richardson — Yea
B.Turner — Yea
J.Bell — Yea
Brawley — Yea
B.Brown — Yea
R.Brown — Yea
L.Johnson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Malone — Yea
S.Martin — Yea
T.Moore(Speaker) — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Boles — Yea
Bryan — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Catlin — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Collins — Yea
Daughtry — Yea
Dollar — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Hager — Yea
Hanes — Yea
Holley — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Insko — Yea
Jeter — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Lewis — Yea
Lucas — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Pendleton — Yea
Salmon — Yea
Terry — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
West — Yea
Langdon — Yea
Luebke — Yea
McGrady — Yea
Michaux — Yea
Millis — Yea
Schaffer — Yea
Stam — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Whitmire — Yea
Wray — Not Voting
Yarborough — Yea
Zachary — Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 476?
HB 476 is sponsored by Joe John (Democratic), R. Smith, Sasser, Howard Penny, Jr. (Republican), Adcock, Autry, Cooper-Suggs, Carla D. Cunningham (U), Allison A. Dahle (Democratic), Garrison, Karl E. Gillespie (Republican), Edward C. Goodwin (Republican), Dudley Greene (Republican), Hanig, Harris, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Hurtado, Insko, Keith Kidwell (Republican), Carolyn G. Logan (Democratic), Nasif Majeed (U), Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), Meyer, Robert T. Reives, II (Democratic), Mike Clampitt (Republican), Ben T. Moss, Jr. (Republican), Richardson, Mitchell S. Setzer (Republican), Wray, Zachary, and Julie von Haefen (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 476?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2021. Enacted.
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