---
type: "Bill"
title: "GSC Conforming Amends./2019 Land-Use Changes."
description: "GSC Conforming Amends./2019 Land-Use Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "North Carolina SB 720 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL STATUTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Wells"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-05-13"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95fb4f16-32c9-4b7a-8328-8499bd21db5b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S720&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85f2db8fc534c79d238e8a0314696cedb94e3bca5883eb6dd97b15ce63f1d638"
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 720 (2019) — GSC Conforming Amends./2019 Land-Use 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/S720v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2020-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Searcy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-19** Ch. SL 2020-25 `became-law`
- **2020-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-11** Ratified
- **2020-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2020-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-14** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-05-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95fb4f16-32c9-4b7a-8328-8499bd21db5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).