---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code/Exempt Equestrian Arenas."
description: "Building Code/Exempt Equestrian Arenas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 780"
citation: "North Carolina HB 780 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. BRUBAKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7114a751-793c-48d2-8486-da7995ce57ec"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H780&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de5cba54adcd619a8cbf935f4cdf8b3911633c4732156521da6696875f2c6474"
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 780 (2009) — Building Code/Exempt Equestrian Arenas.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H780v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-245 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-18** Ref To Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7114a751-793c-48d2-8486-da7995ce57ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).