---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building Code Regulatory Reform."
description: "Building Code Regulatory Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "North Carolina HB 948 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FEES", "INSPECTIONS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Cunningham", "Riddell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-16"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833a09dd-d5de-402d-b32f-f6a8b9730d4a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H948&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "656b43ff822ebddc774325fada0a1510be3fd784dffa1b72720fa4e29608257f"
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 948 (2017) — Building Code Regulatory Reform.

## 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/H948v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H948v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-29 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-01** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-01** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-31** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2018
- **2018-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833a09dd-d5de-402d-b32f-f6a8b9730d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).