---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting and Building Code Changes."
description: "Permitting and Building Code Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2313"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2313 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "FEES", "HORTICULTURE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MORATORIUMS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b1b0af-b75d-427f-9f1d-2223d91c47f6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2313&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bae2f57381114885bb34b33b8ce2269282e2d98e57a0c97d8f2dbe2ba332ea64"
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 2313 (2007) — Permitting and Building Code Changes.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2313v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-176 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-16** Ratified
- **2008-07-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-14** Engrossed
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Rec From House
- **2008-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2008
- **2008-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b1b0af-b75d-427f-9f1d-2223d91c47f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).