---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Energy Amends."
description: "Renewable Energy Amends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "North Carolina HB 329 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "DAMS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FUELS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MANUFACTURING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "REPORTS", "SOLID WASTE", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER RESOURCES", "ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Hanig", "Szoka"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a4beee2-7f38-4de0-8108-416ef1b0eef4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H329&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0aa7ca07a5daaabc867326da4be572f315b6ec0d8cdd52020bed27d06b0e78f9"
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 329 (2019) — Renewable Energy Amends.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5305/0/H329-A-NBC-5907)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H329v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–3** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Hanig — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Russell — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-132 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Ratified
- **2019-07-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-08** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-04** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-04** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-01** Engrossed
- **2019-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2019
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2019
- **2019-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a4beee2-7f38-4de0-8108-416ef1b0eef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).