---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord Tenant Law Changes."
description: "Landlord Tenant Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "North Carolina HB 493 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. BLUST", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RANDLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blust", "Howard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-28"
last_action: "2012-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccdccae0-3bb1-4c8f-a7d9-e8282065a52b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H493&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b7e21c5d60b675d239e2e726b022fecb1ed6f82920ef36db6f94fc8bc0951fdf"
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 493 (2011) — Landlord Tenant Law 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H493v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blust — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-17 `became-law`
- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-07** Ratified
- **2012-06-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2012
- **2012-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-05** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Rec From House
- **2011-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-12** Postponed To 5/16/2011
- **2011-05-11** Postponed To 5/12/2011
- **2011-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2011
- **2011-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccdccae0-3bb1-4c8f-a7d9-e8282065a52b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).