---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Solar Collectors."
description: "Use of Solar Collectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 670"
citation: "North Carolina SB 670 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-12"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a3ba08-5f39-41e4-a0e4-e74255de5f9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S670&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "909ea1c111a484b06edd6e328aca34320f78ce2f3cfa0527a0daa7053c2d12e7"
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 670 (2007) — Use of Solar Collectors.

## 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/S670v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S670v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S670v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S670v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S670v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S670v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-27** Ch. SL 2007-279 `became-law`
- **2007-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-16** Ratified
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2007
- **2007-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-26** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref to the Com on Energy and Energy Efficiency 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** Engrossed
- **2007-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-13** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a3ba08-5f39-41e4-a0e4-e74255de5f9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).