---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Safe Harbor."
description: "Renewable Energy Safe Harbor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 372"
citation: "North Carolina SB 372 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAX CREDITS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucho", "Tillman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e622bf0-bb1c-4f7d-97d2-6ceb9d96b395"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S372&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "82aeee86d6d23ad7d2d9187442dcd8a4aff1789c5ac94334d299711c71d8d89b"
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 372 (2015) — Renewable Energy Safe Harbor.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S372v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S372v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S372v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S372v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S372v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **87–28** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **88–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucho — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith-Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-04-30** Ch. SL 2015-11 `became-law`
- **2015-04-30** Signed by Gov. 4/30/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-23** Pres. To Gov. 04/23/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-22** Ratified
- **2015-04-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2015-04-16** Serial Referral To Judiciary I Stricken
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Judiciary I, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-30** Placed On Cal For 04/01/2015
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e622bf0-bb1c-4f7d-97d2-6ceb9d96b395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).