---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act."
description: "Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 422"
citation: "North Carolina HB 422 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "CRIMES", "FOR-PROFIT", "FRAUD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "WARRANTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "K. Hall", "Miller"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a052fb50-f45c-4a9a-8cae-ff7d1179896d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H422"
source_hash: "4cfba42fb25a06a2e04fb1f003b11cb8ea67f14e5ffa81733d72d498c24c0d04"
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 422 (2023) — Unfair Real Estate Agreements Act.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H422v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Longest — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-24** Ch. SL 2023-117 `became-law`
- **2023-08-24** Signed by Gov. 8/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-17** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-17** Ratified
- **2023-08-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-08-16** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-08-16** Added to Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-08-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-08-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-08-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a052fb50-f45c-4a9a-8cae-ff7d1179896d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).