---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Savings Contracting Amendments."
description: "Energy Savings Contracting Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 547"
citation: "North Carolina SB 547 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONSERVATION", "EDUCATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c49633c-0aeb-4fef-b4ec-cf98cb2ac02b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S547&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "689fb47f48209da6b9b9a7cb7cf98133c9a58772e5e696507a2694c580353f5f"
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 547 (2013) — Energy Savings Contracting Amendments.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S547v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v5.pdf)
7. **SL2013-396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S547v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur Second Reading — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur Third Reading — **35–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-396 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/26/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-25** Ratified
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2013-07-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-17** Placed On Cal For 07/18/2013
- **2013-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `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/1c49633c-0aeb-4fef-b4ec-cf98cb2ac02b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).