---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towns Enforce Noise Ordinances/Lake Norman."
description: "Towns Enforce Noise Ordinances/Lake Norman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "North Carolina HB 186 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CORNELIUS", "DAVIDSON", "HUNTERSVILLE", "TROUTMAN", "IREDELL COUNTY", "MOORESVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "NUISANCE ORDINANCES", "LAKE NORMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-28"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab69c60-3dfd-4e3c-8ca1-46baf5ad3178"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H186&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1429c5449e5c917ee34c8d538686f1cbf4fdfcdd41f41056d87a17964c1da223"
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 186 (2013) — Towns Enforce Noise Ordinances/Lake Norman.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALM-5-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4764/0/H186-ALM-5-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v6.pdf)
9. **SL2013-317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H186v7.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Jeter Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-317 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Ratified
- **2013-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-07** Rec From House
- **2013-05-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2013
- **2013-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab69c60-3dfd-4e3c-8ca1-46baf5ad3178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).