---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities."
description: "Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 484"
citation: "North Carolina HB 484 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COMMERCE", "DENR", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "INDUSTRIAL LOCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "MILITARY BASES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "J. Bell", "McElraft"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd599a8-5f0e-4a23-bf51-0dad91f1c81d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H484&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b1130c1fad14d2e63b9b5ce76f149425c948ae4a91db06deae7d7feac0f6bc19"
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 484 (2013) — Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATA-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4584/0/H484-ATA-8-V-1)
3. **A2: ATC-48-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4627/0/H484-ATC-48-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v6.pdf)
10. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v7.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v8.pdf)
12. **SL2013-51** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H484v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-17** Ch. SL 2013-51 `became-law`
- **2013-05-17** Signed by Gov. 5/17/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-16** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-16** Ratified
- **2013-05-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Added to Calendar
- **2013-05-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-05-15** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-05-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-14** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-06** Sequential Referral To Commerce Added
- **2013-05-06** Sequential Referral To Finance Added
- **2013-05-06** Sequential Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-05-06** Sequential Referral To Commerce Stricken
- **2013-05-02** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Rec From House
- **2013-05-01** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2013
- **2013-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-02** Serial Referral To Public Utilities and Energy Added
- **2013-04-02** Serial Referral To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Energy and Emerging Markets Stricken
- **2013-04-01** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Energy and Emerging Markets `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fd599a8-5f0e-4a23-bf51-0dad91f1c81d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).