---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Inspections Contracted."
description: "Building Inspections Contracted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 598"
citation: "North Carolina HB 598 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "ETHICS", "INSPECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATIZATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. MCMAHAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494e5026-fce0-4ad3-9ba6-600c9b4a979e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H598&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "defd3590a99467debced0d788f70147141b3bc9a63fcc9c734e9e229f5198508"
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 598 (2001) — Building Inspections Contracted.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H598v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Easterling — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-13** Ch. SL 2001-278 `became-law`
- **2001-07-13** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-05** Pres. To Gov. 7/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-04** Ratified
- **2001-07-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2001
- **2001-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-09** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-09** Rec From House
- **2001-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-02** Postponed To 4/3/2001
- **2001-03-29** Postponed To 4/2/2001
- **2001-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-27** Placed On Cal For 3/28/2001
- **2001-03-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494e5026-fce0-4ad3-9ba6-600c9b4a979e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).