---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code/Rustic Cabins."
description: "Building Code/Rustic Cabins."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "North Carolina HB 706 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "COUNCILS", "HOUSING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "McGrady", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c999f16-c45b-48cb-abee-54d52b2996de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H706&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9b4d9d4dd5abdd286f3c46d732e0201cb3e0e938ec435fef81cdb1a6fd4964f"
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 706 (2015) — Building Code/Rustic Cabins.

## 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/H706v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-14-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4402/0/H706-AMH-14-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H706v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H706v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H706v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H706v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-14** Ch. SL 2015-19 `became-law`
- **2015-05-14** Signed by Gov. 5/14/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-08** Pres. To Gov. 5/8/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-07** Ratified
- **2015-05-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-29** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-28** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c999f16-c45b-48cb-abee-54d52b2996de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).