---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Savings Contracts' Cap/Program Admin."
description: "Energy Savings Contracts' Cap/Program Admin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 304"
citation: "North Carolina SB 304 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "CONSERVATION", "CONTRACTS", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4c1e708-8647-4714-b1ab-af9ddc79bf75"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S304&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b1709664fd6ca9123029a2243957f88435fb1f9aaf8d03bd91f8e87a7ca542b5"
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 304 (2009) — Energy Savings Contracts' Cap/Program Admin.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1695/0/S304-ATD-21-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S304v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–14** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **105–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-375 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-20** Ratified
- **2009-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-01** Ref to the Com on Energy and Energy Efficiency, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-25** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4c1e708-8647-4714-b1ab-af9ddc79bf75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).