---
type: "Bill"
title: "Codify Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings."
description: "Codify Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1946"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1946 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "CONSERVATION", "CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f907abe5-4664-44c1-9514-4f5ebae62c3b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1946&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8bf4f3dc0b005c5b1a634694bb82cf3f73d53e328ff66dc7063b8adc12cc9639"
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 1946 (2007) — Codify Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings.

## 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/S1946v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1946v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-203 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-14** Ratified
- **2008-07-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-08** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-30** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On Energy and Energy Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-22** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **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/f907abe5-4664-44c1-9514-4f5ebae62c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).