---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Choice/Solar Decommissioning Requirements."
description: "Energy Choice/Solar Decommissioning Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 130"
citation: "North Carolina HB 130 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COUNTIES", "DEQ", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MANUFACTURING", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "REMEDIATION & CLEANUP", "SOLID WASTE", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WASTE MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Saine", "Wray"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3326c674-827d-4cce-9255-eca5ef27782e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H130"
source_hash: "2aa94845db4d0475afb43b812761de6d3e118a246decc1d8ee97b005c910796e"
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 130 (2023) — Energy Choice/Solar Decommissioning Requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-2-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/2014/0/H130-ATQ-2-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H130v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-26** Ch. SL 2023-58 `became-law`
- **2023-06-26** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Ratified
- **2023-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-13** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/15/2023
- **2023-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3326c674-827d-4cce-9255-eca5ef27782e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).