---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties/Condemnation of Unsafe Bldgs/Liens."
description: "Counties/Condemnation of Unsafe Bldgs/Liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 530"
citation: "North Carolina HB 530 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "INSPECTIONS", "LIENS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis", "Sauls"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f59bdc13-2681-4b07-a7ae-e67c942d71c8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H530&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a03d184287f4858e8ca04784f192c5407146a63562f86caced7621db2cc99540"
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 530 (2017) — Counties/Condemnation of Unsafe Bldgs/Liens.

## 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/H530v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H530v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H530v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H530v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)
- Sauls — primary (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-109 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Serial Referral To Judiciary III Stricken
- **2017-03-30** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f59bdc13-2681-4b07-a7ae-e67c942d71c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).