---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Gov'ts/Bldgs/Structures/Inspections."
description: "Local Gov'ts/Bldgs/Structures/Inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "North Carolina SB 326 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HOUSING", "INSPECTIONS", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SHERIFFS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gunn", "Meredith"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2016-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d84755dd-4cd9-4ba5-8e10-3cdb0b7f58ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S326&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "95a8cabf2955ccf241f46cb9cb96df81122c93fde3a45c8ac4f5e7debc7b5a5f"
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 326 (2015) — Local Gov'ts/Bldgs/Structures/Inspections.

## 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/S326v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-213-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8463/0/S326-AST-213-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gunn — primary (person)
- Meredith — primary (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smith-Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-28** Ch. SL 2016-122 `became-law`
- **2016-07-28** Signed by Gov. 7/28/2016 `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 H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-01** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2016-07-01** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-07-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-30** Ordered Engrossed
- **2016-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2016
- **2016-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-23** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2015-03-25** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2015-03-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-03-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Seq Ref. to Finance sticken
- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-19** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d84755dd-4cd9-4ba5-8e10-3cdb0b7f58ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).