---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy to Commerce; OEO to Energy."
description: "Energy to Commerce; OEO to Energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1481"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1481 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "CONSERVATION", "COUNCILS", "DHHS", "ENERGY POLICY COUNCIL", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MANAGEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BRYANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5611176c-6220-404d-aac8-22e220b77a8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1481&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e01eb885daaf0e28c9bb1cd563b427c3ccbbebbfa82ef5e2c4c6893c3a4fa7bd"
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 1481 (2009) — Energy to Commerce; OEO to Energy.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-122-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1146/0/H1481-ALB-122-V-1)
3. **A4: ATD-54-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1148/0/H1481-ATD-54-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v5.pdf)
9. **SL2009-446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1481v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 4 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-446 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-22** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-22** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2009
- **2009-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2009
- **2009-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Economic Recovery `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5611176c-6220-404d-aac8-22e220b77a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).