---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various State and Local Government Provisions."
description: "Various State and Local Government Provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "North Carolina HB 23 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.; APPOINTMENTS; BRIDGES; BUILDING CODE COUNCIL; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMISSIONS; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COUNCILS; COUNTIES; CULTURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FOOD SERVICES; FOODS & BEVERAGES; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOUSING; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERSTATE COOPERATION; LAKES & RIVERS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MEMBERSHIP; MUNICIPALITIES; PARKS & RECREATION AREAS; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; ROADS & HIGHWAYS; SAFETY; SALES & CONVEYANCES; SESSION LAWS; TITLE CHANGE; TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION DEPT.; WATER RESOURCES; BRUNSWICK COUNTY; PENDER COUNTY; LINCOLN COUNTY; MECKLENBURG COUNTY; STANLY COUNTY; GASTON COUNTY; CATAWBA COUNTY; IREDELL COUNTY; BURGAW; CHAPTERED; CATAWBA RIVER ADVISORY COMN.; PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT; LAKE NORMAN; STATE FIRE MARSHAL; RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10647bec-efb1-4bab-8a27-1e0a093df6da"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H23"
source_hash: "3d9f39a8a299d0bc8bac076e86670a004e8a621d052e460f85ae2d1f496451e4"
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 23 (2025) — Various State and Local Government Provisions.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACC-10-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6114/0/H23-ACC-10-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2025-67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H23v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cohn — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Huneycutt — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-07** Ch. SL 2025-67 `became-law`
- **2025-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-17** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2025-06-17** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-04** Engrossed
- **2025-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-03-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-03-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025
- **2025-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-02-03** Re-ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-01-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10647bec-efb1-4bab-8a27-1e0a093df6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).