---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code Rules/ Effective Dates."
description: "Building Code Rules/ Effective Dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "North Carolina SB 708 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. HISE", "SEN. TUCKER", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "SEN. WHITE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hise", "Tucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ce2649f-925c-4702-b5ef-77bc623bd99d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S708&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b5de6ec53a0f4eeb5cd6984f204a0106d22587177a17fed8b0d9c513b7c008c8"
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 708 (2011) — Building Code Rules/ Effective Dates.

## 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/S708v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hise — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-269 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **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/0ce2649f-925c-4702-b5ef-77bc623bd99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).