---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord/Tenant/Shorten Eviction Time."
description: "Landlord/Tenant/Shorten Eviction Time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 802"
citation: "North Carolina HB 802 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earle", "T. Moore", "W. Brawley"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b440fc3b-9aa6-41a3-bccc-b507595190b0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H802&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e19196e36bd89edc09ee56bbe7bc10a43b41acb51a9933a46a0ead95f302a7cf"
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 802 (2013) — Landlord/Tenant/Shorten Eviction Time.

## 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/H802v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5099/0/H802-AMM-14-V-1)
3. **A1: ARV-58-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6683/0/H802-ARV-58-V-2)
4. **A2: ATJ-31-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5067/0/H802-ATJ-31-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v6.pdf)
11. **SL2013-334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H802v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **10–39** (fail) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Earle — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- W. Brawley — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-334 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-16** Ratified
- **2013-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-11** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2013
- **2013-07-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-09** Engrossed
- **2013-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-09** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-07-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `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/b440fc3b-9aa6-41a3-bccc-b507595190b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).