---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land-Use Regulatory Changes."
description: "Land-Use Regulatory Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "North Carolina HB 483 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "COURTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc3582a0-65c2-4e26-8913-8f83ce801934"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H483&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a396b33dbe2c6be42597f929e8381c3fbb057c2153dd689c657d1167561a4f5c"
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 483 (2015) — Land-Use Regulatory Changes.

## 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/H483v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARU-4-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4426/0/H483-ARU-4-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2016-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H483v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-22** Ch. SL 2016-111 `became-law`
- **2016-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-07-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-01** Added to Calendar
- **2016-07-01** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-07-01** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-07-01** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-21** Sequential Referral To Rules and Operations of the Senate Added
- **2016-06-21** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-08** Re-ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc3582a0-65c2-4e26-8913-8f83ce801934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).