---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code Exclusion/Primitive Structures."
description: "Building Code Exclusion/Primitive Structures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "North Carolina HB 774 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNCILS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollar", "Jordan", "McGrady"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15947fb5-a676-4519-a016-3c19a93dcda4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H774&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6a30ae3d84e37e9088105e0ba45b29adf5cf662e1b66194e43bd25542c6a989e"
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 774 (2013) — Building Code Exclusion/Primitive Structures.

## 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/H774v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H774v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H774v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H774v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H774v4.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dollar — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-75 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-06** Ratified
- **2013-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Added to Calendar
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-06** Re-assigned To Regulatory Reform
- **2013-04-22** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15947fb5-a676-4519-a016-3c19a93dcda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).