---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Power Bill Reduction Act."
description: "The Power Bill Reduction Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "North Carolina SB 266 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COMMERCE; COMMISSIONS; CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION; DEQ; DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ENVIRONMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; INSURANCE; INSURANCE", "CASUALTY; INSURANCE DEPT.; INSURANCE", "PROPERTY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; TITLE CHANGE; UTILITIES; UTILITIES COMN.; VETOED; CHAPTERED; VETO OVERRIDDEN; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e3d7aea-d590-44a2-bf91-d98470f04daf"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S266"
source_hash: "9599cd89426fc17503ac36d4e287db63dac3e85c05cc855114e4a758566ff69b"
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 266 (2025) — The Power Bill Reduction Act.

## 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-45-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5729/0/S266-ARI-45-V-2)
3. **A1: ARI-65-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6251/0/S266-ARI-65-V-2)
4. **A2: ARI-38-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5730/0/S266-ARI-38-V-3)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2025-78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S266v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **74–46** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override M4 Previous Question — **72–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-29** Ch. SL 2025-78 `became-law`
- **2025-07-29** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-07-29** Added to Calendar
- **2025-07-29** Veto Received from Senate
- **2025-07-29** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2025
- **2025-07-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-07-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** Vetoed 07/02/2025 `executive-veto`
- **2025-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Ratified
- **2025-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-19** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2025
- **2025-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2025
- **2025-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2025-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-10** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2025-06-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-10** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on Housing and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2025
- **2025-05-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Re-ref to Regulatory Reform. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e3d7aea-d590-44a2-bf91-d98470f04daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).