---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Climate Change Commission 2008."
description: "Extend Climate Change Commission 2008."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2529"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2529 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRISON", "REP. UNDERHILL", "REP. WILKINS", "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMN.", "REP. THOMAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrison", "Thomas", "Underhill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54528d45-2575-4433-ad10-74f1bfded526"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "03813359ce1ab7259b76399b608f127f787d3890018aafa6df6bc2423272dc5d"
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 2529 (2007) — Extend Climate Change Commission 2008.

## 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/H2529v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2529v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2529v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2529v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2529v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2529v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harrison — primary (person)
- Thomas — primary (person)
- Underhill — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-11** Ch. SL 2008-81 `became-law`
- **2008-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-02** Ratified
- **2008-07-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2008
- **2008-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-16** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Rec From House
- **2008-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2008
- **2008-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54528d45-2575-4433-ad10-74f1bfded526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).