---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conserve Energy/Insulate Hot Water Plumbing."
description: "Conserve Energy/Insulate Hot Water Plumbing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1702 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HOUSING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284a69aa-2335-4a02-9894-092ae1d9de46"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1702&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cd9ea59ad1719f7cfe201cbdd1f9cb32c38fff8afedb12c3bc9cff25c6f91a0f"
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 1702 (2007) — Conserve Energy/Insulate Hot Water Plumbing.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1702v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1702v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1702v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1702v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1702v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **94–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-542 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-26** Ratified
- **2007-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Rec From House
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2007
- **2007-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Re-ref Com On Energy and Energy Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-05-21** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2007-05-17** Failed 2nd Reading
- **2007-05-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-14** Postponed To 5/17/2007
- **2007-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2007
- **2007-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Energy and Energy Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284a69aa-2335-4a02-9894-092ae1d9de46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).