---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Energy/Other Changes."
description: "Clean Energy/Other Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "North Carolina SB 678 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSERVATION", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED", "WASTE MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "P. Newton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3dd515b-89e3-4906-8a60-b1cb78788d5b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S678"
source_hash: "3ef9682753a8a7a93148e5b2e28468aa19028936c71f8d76e761532087d9e077"
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 678 (2023) — Clean Energy/Other Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S678v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-13-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/4970/0/S678-ARI-13-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2023-138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S678v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 11 Veto Override — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- P. Newton — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-10** Ch. SL 2023-138 `became-law`
- **2023-10-10** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-10-10** Added to Calendar
- **2023-10-10** Veto Received from Senate
- **2023-10-10** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-10-09** Placed On Cal For 10/10/2023
- **2023-10-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-10-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-02** Vetoed 10/02/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-20** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-20** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2023
- **2023-09-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2023-09-20** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-09-12** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2023-09-11** Placed On Cal For 09/12/2023
- **2023-09-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-08-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-08-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-08-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-08-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-08-16** Added to Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-08-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-26** Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-26** Engrossed
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3dd515b-89e3-4906-8a60-b1cb78788d5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).