---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bldg. Code Inspections/Industrial Machinery."
description: "Bldg. Code Inspections/Industrial Machinery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 813"
citation: "North Carolina HB 813 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f947ed9b-f956-45ab-9817-5e68286b5429"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H813&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c3d79c09e81b1adbd883353109d1185744f72178918c16702b85a578425384e"
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 813 (2011) — Bldg. Code Inspections/Industrial Machinery.

## 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/H813v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H813v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H813v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H813v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H813v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H813v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **87–28** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-34 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-14** Ratified
- **2012-06-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2012
- **2012-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Program Evaluation `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f947ed9b-f956-45ab-9817-5e68286b5429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).