---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord Recovery of Expenses/Rule 60 Motion."
description: "Landlord Recovery of Expenses/Rule 60 Motion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "North Carolina SB 224 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DEFINITIONS", "FEES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "J. Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fb9622-1b9c-4a84-800f-457bb0c9679b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S224&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a0377c4a36d63a250c468bfbfb1c3f9ac5b6098e49db37efe0a41ba1d6ae9815"
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 SB 224 (2017) — Landlord Recovery of Expenses/Rule 60 Motion.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S224v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-83-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6948/0/S224-ATG-83-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S224v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S224v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S224v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S224v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S224v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- J. Jackson — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-50 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **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 H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-06** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Placed On Cal For 04/04/2017
- **2017-04-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6fb9622-1b9c-4a84-800f-457bb0c9679b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).