---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Building Inspections."
description: "Residential Building Inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "North Carolina SB 683 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "HOUSING", "INSPECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. HUNT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5a6404-5468-4420-b0a2-b2bb5ea37320"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S683&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4bda59a12565417473d14585ffa4be9ed34210e8a4dfc1a205f84d9bb86ebcc"
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 SB 683 (2011) — Residential Building Inspections.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S683v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARF-42-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1372/0/S683-ARF-42-V-1)
3. **A2: AST-65-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1373/0/S683-AST-65-V-1)
4. **A4: ARN-22-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1391/0/S683-ARN-22-V-5)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v4.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v5.pdf)
10. **SL2011-281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **65–44** (pass) · lower
- House Amd 1,4\Motion 9\To Concur — **36–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-281 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-17** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Offered 4
- **2011-06-16** Amend Tabled 3
- **2011-06-16** Amend Ruled Out of Order 2
- **2011-06-16** Last Action Reconsidered
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d5a6404-5468-4420-b0a2-b2bb5ea37320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).