---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surveying and Plat Recording Changes."
description: "Surveying and Plat Recording Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "North Carolina HB 454 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GEOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "SURVEYING", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586a8178-30e4-4383-a34a-c8eab3300a2b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H454&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fee67136df5920af41493a8c88b80e7b8e88a9f5de6c0f05d44030bab407bbde"
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 454 (2017) — Surveying and Plat Recording 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H454v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H454v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H454v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H454v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H454v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** Ch. SL 2017-27 `became-law`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Gov. 6/8/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31** Pres. To Gov. 5/31/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-30** Ratified
- **2017-05-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-27** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government I, if favorable, Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** 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/586a8178-30e4-4383-a34a-c8eab3300a2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).