---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bldg. Code Exempt/Airport Changes."
description: "Bldg. Code Exempt/Airport Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "North Carolina SB 8 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "ARMED FORCES", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "BOARDS", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CITY COUNCILS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "EMPLOYMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "RECORDS", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "LINCOLNTON", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES", "FAMILY ISSUES", "AIRPORT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Wells"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd09421-679a-439e-87e9-69a0f7c74a16"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S8&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ffd520334b82173c9d559cfff0d56c69bba1c29197696d3315e41476bb064310"
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 8 (2017) — Bldg. Code Exempt/Airport 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/Senate/PDF/S8v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **105–1** (pass) · lower
- For Adoption Conference Report — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-104 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-03-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-02-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-01-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcd09421-679a-439e-87e9-69a0f7c74a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).