---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOAs/Lim. Com. Elements/Amend of Declaration."
description: "HOAs/Lim. Com. Elements/Amend of Declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "North Carolina SB 228 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "HOUSING", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "TRESPASSING", "CHAPTERED", "HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-07"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f482835-80e2-4204-be9f-0552ce6a38d1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S228&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ea84bc8eb3eab6f5a7c63db5f8a03be1f61038813ec96c6cb443a3d292708bc"
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 228 (2013) — HOAs/Lim. Com. Elements/Amend of Declaration.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S228v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-24** Ch. SL 2013-34 `became-law`
- **2013-04-24** Signed by Gov. 4/24/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-16** Pres. To Gov. 04/16/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-15** Ratified
- **2013-04-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2013
- **2013-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f482835-80e2-4204-be9f-0552ce6a38d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).