---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land-Use Regulatory Changes."
description: "Land-Use Regulatory Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 355"
citation: "North Carolina SB 355 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COURTS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "URBAN DEVELOPMENT", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Newton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c624af59-228f-4a51-9dbb-238efa7f86d5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S355&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0994c1e8ad292e85cb3ff62a9fcfbd1a2e8d2aa02dd88e27d84a9735a3ae1662"
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 355 (2019) — Land-Use 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S355v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Searcy — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-11** Ch. SL 2019-111 `became-law`
- **2019-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2019
- **2019-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Serial Referral To Judiciary Stricken
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
- **2019-06-10** Serial Referral To Judiciary Added
- **2019-06-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c624af59-228f-4a51-9dbb-238efa7f86d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).