---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Communication Code Exemptions/Sanitary Board/401."
description: "Emergency Communication Code Exemptions/Sanitary Board/401."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 768"
citation: "North Carolina HB 768 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; ADMINISTRATIVE RULES; BUILDING CODE COUNCIL; BUILDING CODES; COUNCILS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; CHAPTERED; EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Cotham", "Zenger"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4999db44-89c0-4254-84c0-bee92f0663f3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H768"
source_hash: "84c90b544165d235e789a43498bc870673120d8acf7552590d2d01b2b3c15286"
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 768 (2025) — Emergency Communication Code Exemptions/Sanitary Board/401.

## 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/H768v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-82-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6747/0/H768-ATQ-82-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2025-50** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H768v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **67–44** (pass) · lower
- M6 Reconsider — **104–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Cotham — primary (person)
- Zenger — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-02** Ch. SL 2025-50 `became-law`
- **2025-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-25** Ratified
- **2025-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2025-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-23** Engrossed
- **2025-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
- **2025-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** Re-ref to Regulatory Reform. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-05-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025
- **2025-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Re-ref Com On Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Ref to the Com on Housing and Development, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4999db44-89c0-4254-84c0-bee92f0663f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).