---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Energy Transportation Act."
description: "Clean Energy Transportation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "North Carolina HB 177 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "DENR", "DHHS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HOUSING", "HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MASS TRANSIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "TASK FORCES", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCELRAFT", "REP. SAMUELSON", "SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuelson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2012-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937b200a-7b30-4d42-8dca-a05a1c323284"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H177&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ff85f61981ad08f80b145f7606a5fe3680e4d67ba7e7a23e5925901051dfc5c6"
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 HB 177 (2011) — Clean Energy Transportation Act.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATA-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6613/0/H177-ATA-14-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v5.pdf)
8. **SL2012-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H177v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **83–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuelson — primary (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-16** Ch. SL 2012-186 `became-law`
- **2012-07-16** Signed By Gov. 7/16/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-21** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-12** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-11** Engrossed
- **2012-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-11** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/937b200a-7b30-4d42-8dca-a05a1c323284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).