---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Energy Efficiency."
description: "Local Energy Efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 266"
citation: "North Carolina HB 266 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "LEASING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PROPERTY", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. WEISS", "WAKE COUNTY", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "FUQUAY-VARINA", "KNIGHTDALE", "GARNER", "CARY", "WAKE FOREST", "MORRISVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "WENDELL", "HOLLY SPRINGS", "APEX", "ZEBULON", "ROLESVILLE", "REP. DOLLAR", "REP. MARTIN", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "REP. JACKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollar", "Jackson", "Weiss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2011-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be4fe0c-e936-49a3-ab90-f0dac1a68fdb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H266&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "037899472cb4be502b37ebc1476820475e5747e7f324b2d3f7bce27ac7b2726b"
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 266 (2011) — Local Energy Efficiency.

## 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/H266v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H266v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H266v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H266v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H266v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H266v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dollar — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-16** Ch. SL 2011-150 `became-law`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Rec From House
- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be4fe0c-e936-49a3-ab90-f0dac1a68fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).