---
type: "Bill"
title: "2021 Building Code and Development Regulatory Reforms."
description: "2021 Building Code and Development Regulatory Reforms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 489"
citation: "North Carolina HB 489 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNCILS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "EROSION", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOILS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "D. Hall", "Riddell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b15e7569-a4a1-47e8-b473-9a5a25d69bd9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H489"
source_hash: "561584905ef262973bd71e9dda468539fd4903dea3dcb91ebe22dcedc318b4d8"
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 489 (2021) — 2021 Building Code and Development Regulatory Reforms.

## 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/H489v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABG-34-V-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52723/0/H489-ABG-34-V-10)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H489v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-30** Ch. SL 2021-121 `became-law`
- **2021-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-23** Ratified
- **2021-08-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-19** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-19** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-17** Engrossed
- **2021-08-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-17** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-10** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2021
- **2021-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-03** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-14** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b15e7569-a4a1-47e8-b473-9a5a25d69bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).