---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Choice/Certain Airport Authorities."
description: "Permit Choice/Certain Airport Authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "North Carolina SB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORT AUTHORITIES", "AIRPORTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEDIMENTATION CONTROL COMN.", "SOILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e71312b8-30d2-44c4-8378-6de4251e2523"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S240"
source_hash: "8df7f5e29992c6ea952fe0cc94140e657aed1e82b10446f2cd2609a84aeaa090"
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 240 (2023) — Permit Choice/Certain Airport Authorities.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S240v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S240v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S240v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S240v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-53 `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15** Ratified
- **2023-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Re-ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e71312b8-30d2-44c4-8378-6de4251e2523`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).