---
type: "Bill"
title: "System Development Fee/ADU Sewer Permit."
description: "System Development Fee/ADU Sewer Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "North Carolina HB 873 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "FEES", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Boles"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a352aec4-853b-4b9c-b3fa-28c25fe78780"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H873&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "536cfc5138f0e7654ec5558b425345664b3b7dda8e0c3ead206a628db4cb541a"
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 873 (2019) — System Development Fee/ADU Sewer Permit.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2020-61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H873v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30** Ch. SL 2020-61 `became-law`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-03** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a352aec4-853b-4b9c-b3fa-28c25fe78780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).