---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elevators/Interim Code Council Appointment."
description: "Elevators/Interim Code Council Appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 559"
citation: "North Carolina HB 559 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS; APPRENTICESHIPS; BUILDING CODE COUNCIL; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE; COUNCIL OF STATE; COUNCILS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEES; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GOVERNOR; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOUSING; INSPECTIONS; LABOR DEPT.; PRESENTED; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; TITLE CHANGE; CHAPTERED; LABOR COMMISSIONER; ELEVATORS & ESCALATORS; RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Howard", "Setzer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e42d165-2189-48a6-ab5d-d5a5c85e464c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H559"
source_hash: "8501d467c40a49a4161c94d7f581a433788ce7607997074781ad5c225664b92a"
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 559 (2025) — Elevators/Interim Code Council Appointment.

## 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/H559v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABG-27-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6911/0/H559-ABG-27-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2025-63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H559v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–1** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Branson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-07** Ch. SL 2025-63 `became-law`
- **2025-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** Ratified
- **2025-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-25** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-24** Engrossed
- **2025-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2025
- **2025-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e42d165-2189-48a6-ab5d-d5a5c85e464c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).