---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land Use Clarifications."
description: "Land Use Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "North Carolina HB 854 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CHAPTERED", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "DEATH & DYING", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISCRIMINATION", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "ESTATES", "FEES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RENTALS & LEASING", "SERVICE ANIMALS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford", "Hardister", "Szoka"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2021-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d25684-df77-4541-be94-fd9629098441"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H854"
source_hash: "750a895f3f5fb948c469afc1ecb39309aa3dcca33575bf8c54344cb3a7725f1b"
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 854 (2021) — Land Use Clarifications.

## 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/H854v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-60-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53162/0/H854-AST-60-V-1)
3. **A2: AST-53-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53159/0/H854-AST-53-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H854v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H854v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H854v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H854v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H854v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Ch. SL 2021-168 `became-law`
- **2021-10-15** Signed by Gov. 10/15/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Pres. To Gov. 10/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-07** Ratified
- **2021-10-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-10-07** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-06** Placed On Cal For 10/07/2021
- **2021-10-06** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-10-06** Engrossed
- **2021-10-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-10-06** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-09-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-07** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d25684-df77-4541-be94-fd9629098441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).