---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Carrboro Charter/Conserve Energy/Water."
description: "Amend Carrboro Charter/Conserve Energy/Water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "North Carolina SB 475 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CARRBORO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-09"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b91d1b93-c172-4249-8bc0-3049d00e080c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S475&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "71b36a761380939d3733780060dbd3df07514af8ed8d3e8741d13c1d33c87b62"
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 475 (2009) — Amend Carrboro Charter/Conserve Energy/Water.

## 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/S475v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S475v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S475v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S475v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S475v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S475v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **99–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-427 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-24** Re-ref Com On Energy and Energy Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-27** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Energy and Energy Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-10** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b91d1b93-c172-4249-8bc0-3049d00e080c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).