---
type: "Bill"
title: "Davidson County Zoning Procedure Changes."
description: "Davidson County Zoning Procedure Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 509"
citation: "North Carolina HB 509 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e5af57-c0cc-40e8-b0ed-b096f5164b2f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H509&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36cb5c45ea2a99da33c7c738409187f610ffdae931001334c4c2de8bfd0dfcad"
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 509 (2017) — Davidson County Zoning Procedure 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/H509v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H509v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H509v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H509v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Watford — primary (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-29** Ch. SL 2018-124 `became-law`
- **2018-06-29** Ratified
- **2018-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2018
- **2018-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-27** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On State and Local Government II `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e5af57-c0cc-40e8-b0ed-b096f5164b2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).