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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

SB 261: Energy Security and Affordability Act.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 261 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Energy Security and Affordability Act. Primary sponsor: Phil Berger (Republican), P. Newton. It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2025): Passed 1st Reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phil BergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate26
P. NewtonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Ted AlexanderCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate44
Lisa BarnesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Bob BrinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Jim BurginCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Dave CravenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Warren DanielCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Carl FordCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Amy GaleyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Ralph HiseCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Mark HolloCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate45
JacksonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Steve JarvisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
JonesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Michael LazzaraCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Michael LeeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Tom McInnisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Tim MoffittCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Buck NewtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Brad OvercashCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate43
Norman SandersonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Benton SawreyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Passed 1st Reading
  2. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
  3. Regular Message Sent To House
  4. Regular Message Received From Senate
  5. Passed 2nd Reading
  6. Passed 3rd Reading
  7. Reptd Fav
  8. Passed 1st Reading
  9. Ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
  10. Reptd Fav
  11. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  12. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source