---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bldg. Codes/Expand Equine Exemption."
description: "Bldg. Codes/Expand Equine Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "North Carolina HB 329 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMERCE", "EXHIBITIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HORN", "HORSES & MULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "Faircloth", "Horn"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a62307-6cb5-4885-8de6-636b41b2001a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H329&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e5e2d5d6a5b0868b2906fc562cc37d9898bf568cb291d6e5709017fe562d6b69"
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 329 (2011) — Bldg. Codes/Expand Equine Exemption.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-126-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1277/0/H329-AME-126-V-4)
3. **A1: AMH-20-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/239/0/H329-AMH-20-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v6.pdf)
10. **SL2011-364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H329v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–5** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-364 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-15** Engrossed
- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Rec From House
- **2011-04-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-29** Postponed To 4/5/2011
- **2011-03-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-03-28** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2011
- **2011-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-14** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29a62307-6cb5-4885-8de6-636b41b2001a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).