---
type: "Bill"
title: "High Point/Council Delegate Rezoning Powers."
description: "High Point/Council Delegate Rezoning Powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "North Carolina HB 263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "HIGH POINT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brockman", "Faircloth", "Hardister"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2c64ee4-5361-4e82-b6ac-7f761f48719c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H263"
source_hash: "6f3ed09d178dccafaffadfd1d3694182a94a61bac9ec91df35b884362e6bf50c"
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 263 (2021) — High Point/Council Delegate Rezoning Powers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H263v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/55203/0/H263-A-NBC-9562)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H263v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H263v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2022-37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H263v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Amendment 1 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brockman — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-01** Ch. SL 2022-37 `became-law`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2022-06-30** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2022-06-30** Special Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2c64ee4-5361-4e82-b6ac-7f761f48719c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).