---
type: "Bill"
title: "Global Warming/Climate Change."
description: "Global Warming/Climate Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1134"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1134 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "UTILITIES", "WEATHER", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED", "CLIMATE CHANGE COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fae8f2-c98c-4d69-b38e-f820dbb3af06"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1134&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5aa0cc086fc3dfcafe172e8f6b2b75082f4972ec28084955ef1c23555d10f0b4"
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 SB 1134 (2005) — Global Warming/Climate Change.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1134v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **86–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-27** Ch. SL 2005-442 `became-law`
- **2005-09-27** Signed By Gov. 9/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-31** Pres. To Gov. 8/31/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-31** Ratified
- **2005-08-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-30** Placed On Cal For 8/30/2005
- **2005-08-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-30** Placed On Cal For 8/30/2005
- **2005-08-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-07-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-12** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-07-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/5/2005
- **2005-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-27** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources and, if favorable, to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-25** Engrossed
- **2005-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2005
- **2005-05-24** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82fae8f2-c98c-4d69-b38e-f820dbb3af06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).