---
type: "Bill"
title: "Zoning/Design & Aesthetic Controls."
description: "Zoning/Design & Aesthetic Controls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "North Carolina SB 25 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTURE", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Apodaca", "Gunn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaefe30c-a7e2-4607-bbcb-58c4e1adac9b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S25&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec01847750531edb671c72c29a720c2849dc60002901279551bf582a53bf01dd"
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 25 (2015) — Zoning/Design & Aesthetic Controls.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S25v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S25v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **98–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — primary (person)
- Gunn — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-19** Ch. SL 2015-86 `became-law`
- **2015-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 06/11/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-10** Ratified
- **2015-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2015
- **2015-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-29** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-20** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaefe30c-a7e2-4607-bbcb-58c4e1adac9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).