---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning Changes/Citizen Input."
description: "Zoning Changes/Citizen Input."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "North Carolina HB 201 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman", "Jackson", "Stam"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-10"
last_action: "2015-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109ccfba-8095-4fa7-8251-8cc3e2fef5d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H201&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8f9d619130951403c25e9b5059a2f0384e20c2e7b10bd0ec9a747974247534a"
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 201 (2015) — Zoning Changes/Citizen Input.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v0.pdf)
2. **A2: AST-12-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/1820/0/H201-AST-12-V-3)
3. **A3: AST-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/1819/0/H201-AST-14-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v5.pdf)
9. **SL2015-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H201v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **82–28** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-17** Ch. SL 2015-160 `became-law`
- **2015-07-17** Signed by Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-16** Ratified
- **2015-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2015
- **2015-07-14** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-13** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-01** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-01** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-25** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-03-23** Postponed To 03/24/2015
- **2015-03-19** Placed On Cal For 03/23/2015
- **2015-03-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/109ccfba-8095-4fa7-8251-8cc3e2fef5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).