---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subdivision Ordinance/Land Develop. Changes."
description: "Subdivision Ordinance/Land Develop. Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 721"
citation: "North Carolina HB 721 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "HOUSING", "LANDOWNERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Bryan", "Stam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd237cf-075b-41c9-84f3-5a14ea674c69"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H721&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8104edd3ea6b31f0988f0426413219edb2ad7bc1f88a254554a58d85feeae3f4"
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 721 (2015) — Subdivision Ordinance/Land Develop. 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/H721v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v5.pdf)
7. **SL2015-187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H721v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Bryan — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-187 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `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/8cd237cf-075b-41c9-84f3-5a14ea674c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).