---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brunswick Fire Protection Fees."
description: "Brunswick Fire Protection Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "North Carolina HB 445 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FIRE DISTRICT", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "TAX DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48dc68f6-b98b-4a74-9ca0-465c7de22604"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H445&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e96d0f5197f38578071f19a99bca5a7c270df4bd49a32483451f30e8366967eb"
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 445 (2017) — Brunswick Fire Protection Fees.

## 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/H445v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H445v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H445v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H445v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H445v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Iler — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-60 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** 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`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-16** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-06-15** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-23** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48dc68f6-b98b-4a74-9ca0-465c7de22604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).