---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diesel School Buses to Use Minimum B-20 Fuel."
description: "Diesel School Buses to Use Minimum B-20 Fuel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1452"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1452 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUSES", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CONSERVATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUELS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TRANSPORTATION", "ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SNOW", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2006160a-00e7-4d48-a670-26dfbdbe99ca"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1452&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c75977d54d749439ca94469d5af6c3d06bc197db28ff5f4b22cfeaf06e03ee72"
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 1452 (2007) — Diesel School Buses to Use Minimum B-20 Fuel.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1452v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1452v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1452v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1452v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1452v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1452v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-423 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-08-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-19** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-29** Ref to the Com on Education and, if favorable, to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2006160a-00e7-4d48-a670-26dfbdbe99ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).