---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water/Utilities Savings in Govt. Facilities."
description: "Water/Utilities Savings in Govt. Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "North Carolina SB 402 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "CONTRACTS", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. HORTON", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2006-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c93f16a-8b86-4a97-8a97-4557f64ae572"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S402&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df0335862822343ea8d301161453a9587c14ff0d798f9df87c58c1cd23078532"
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 402 (2005) — Water/Utilities Savings in Govt. Facilities.

## 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/S402v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S402v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S402v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S402v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S402v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-03** Ch. SL 2006-190 `became-law`
- **2006-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-19** Ratified
- **2006-07-18** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2006-07-17** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-18** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-18** Rec From Senate
- **2005-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c93f16a-8b86-4a97-8a97-4557f64ae572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).