---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chapel Hill Open Space/Development Rights."
description: "Chapel Hill Open Space/Development Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1547 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "ENVIRONMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HACKNEY", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41b5fc7-209b-40f5-b768-173a64be2561"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1547&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6ec25459e012e0ee91d0277b790859e886e61c0ddabd8f2c18ddb398fe820d97"
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 1547 (2003) — Chapel Hill Open Space/Development Rights.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1547v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–5** (pass) · lower
- M11 Not Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-17** Ch. SL 2004-119 `became-law`
- **2004-07-17** Ratified
- **2004-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2004-07-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-15** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2004-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Engrossed
- **2004-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-14** Amend Adopted # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-14** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-07-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2004
- **2004-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41b5fc7-209b-40f5-b768-173a64be2561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).