---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unsafe Buildings."
description: "Unsafe Buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 885"
citation: "North Carolina SB 885 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SALES", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d1866b-9ab3-469a-a63a-4d53e63cc14e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S885&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bd0942c69b2f2b50cfbf7a21c01e23a958abc3579dfd590498cd6bcaed003428"
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 885 (2001) — Unsafe Buildings.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S885v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S885v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S885v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S885v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S885v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-26** Ch. SL 2001-386 `became-law`
- **2001-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-22** Pres. To Gov. 8/22/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-21** Ratified
- **2001-08-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/20/2001
- **2001-08-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2001
- **2001-08-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d1866b-9ab3-469a-a63a-4d53e63cc14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).