---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business/Regulatory Changes."
description: "Business/Regulatory Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "North Carolina HB 573 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "ELECTIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FORECLOSURES", "HOUSING", "LIENS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "WELLS", "ABANDONED PROPERTY", "BEER & WINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blust", "Faircloth", "Ross"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-05"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fcee282-7cd0-451c-b0b1-62a49527b3a6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H573&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e0bea6edfe1422077136b582136be1a451b6eb41593b25e801128b2ca952bb3b"
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 573 (2017) — Business/Regulatory 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/H573v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-42-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6737/0/H573-ASU-42-V-1)
3. **A2: ATQ-13-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6738/0/H573-ATQ-13-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H573v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H573v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H573v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H573v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2018-65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H573v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **88–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blust — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-65 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-11** Engrossed
- **2018-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-11** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-11** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-05** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fcee282-7cd0-451c-b0b1-62a49527b3a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).