republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2011/sb-820.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clean Energy and Economic Security Act."
description: "Clean Energy and Economic Security Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "North Carolina SB 820 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "BUSES", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COMPACTS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCILS", "DENR", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FUELS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "MINING COMN.", "MORATORIUMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PRIVATIZATION", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEAKER", "TASK FORCES", "TIRES", "TRANSPORTATION", "VETOED", "WATER RESOURCES", "LIABILITY", "ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "SEN. BLAKE", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "SEN. RUCHO", "SEN. WALTERS", "OIL & GAS BOARD", "ENERGY POLICY OVERSIGHT COMN.", "CNG FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE TASK FORCE", "ENERGY JOBS COUNCIL", "MINING & ENERGY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake", "Rucho"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-17"
last_action: "2012-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a89c4dfd-f1b3-42bb-862f-62cdf016ba24"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S820&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0a44e09779196ef6a57fbcf54243c3c135a8d20622abff1eb8f3174876525ac8"
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 820 (2011) — Clean Energy and Economic Security Act.

## 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-68-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6901/0/S820-ARI-68-V-1)
3. **A2: ARI-71-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6902/0/S820-ARI-71-V-2)
4. **A3: ARI-69-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6903/0/S820-ARI-69-V-1)
5. **A4: ARI-66-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6904/0/S820-ARI-66-V-5)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v4.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v5.pdf)
11. **SL2012-143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **72–47** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override\Clincher\Motion — **71–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Rucho — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Westmoreland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-02** Ch. SL 2012-143 `became-law`
- **2012-07-02** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Rec From Senate
- **2012-07-02** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-01** Vetoed 7/1/2012 `executive-veto`
- **2012-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2012
- **2012-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2012
- **2012-06-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-14** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 12 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 11 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 10 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amendment Withdrawn 9 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2012-06-14** Amendment 9 Offered
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 7 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 6 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Failed 5 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **2012-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-06** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-06** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-06** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-06** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-05-21** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a89c4dfd-f1b3-42bb-862f-62cdf016ba24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).