---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll./Participate in Energy Loan Prog."
description: "Comm. Coll./Participate in Energy Loan Prog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "North Carolina HB 177 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-13"
last_action: "2007-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2063b9fa-2bf7-463f-8163-329859283ace"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H177&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c47084c307e324a9c2d6927a97f8b6db5c58caa7acd452d866123e2d85dfe21f"
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 177 (2007) — Comm. Coll./Participate in Energy Loan Prog.

## 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/H177v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H177v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H177v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H177v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H177v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H177v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-29** Ch. SL 2007-476 `became-law`
- **2007-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Rec From House
- **2007-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2007
- **2007-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2007
- **2007-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-01** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-14** Ref to the Com on Energy and Energy Efficiency and, if favorable, to the Com on Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2063b9fa-2bf7-463f-8163-329859283ace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).