---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Improvement Program-AB."
description: "Energy Improvement Program-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 332"
citation: "North Carolina HB 332 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "COMMERCE", "CONSERVATION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOANS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ecf14e-1843-45f7-b7f9-7d987dcb9be7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H332&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2ebf8cba95ac7247dc7400130cb85025eae5b78f1915a0c3ea72aa7280663c1"
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 332 (2001) — Energy Improvement Program-AB.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H332v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H332v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H332v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H332v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-03** Ch. SL 2001-338 `became-law`
- **2001-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-23** Ratified
- **2001-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Rec From House
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94ecf14e-1843-45f7-b7f9-7d987dcb9be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).