---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code Regulatory Reform."
description: "Building Code Regulatory Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "North Carolina HB 252 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "DEREGULATION", "ENGINEERING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Potts", "Riddell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeddceb3-b85a-471a-83f3-85d7bc8e66df"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H252&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a3ec970545233cf76cc52ed696eec7aef291bf04f239c6d47ac645db4a2a68dd"
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 252 (2017) — Building Code Regulatory Reform.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABH-5-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/2251/0/H252-ABH-5-V-3)
3. **A2: ABH-6-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/2283/0/H252-ABH-6-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H252v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-130 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Placed On Cal For 03/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeddceb3-b85a-471a-83f3-85d7bc8e66df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).