---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blding Codes: Local Consistency/Exempt Cable."
description: "Blding Codes: Local Consistency/Exempt Cable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "North Carolina HB 120 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "INSPECTIONS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REGISTER", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cotham", "Hager", "W. Brawley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fd721fa-7a6a-4ed3-a839-77609096409a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H120&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "18cc6ae19cda942589ceeb18cdcdc200ec20793d1e035017c1396a6eb98a543f"
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 120 (2013) — Blding Codes: Local Consistency/Exempt Cable.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-3-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/1260/0/H120-AST-3-V-2)
3. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/1328/0/H120-A-NBC-223)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v5.pdf)
9. **SL2013-118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H120v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **99–18** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cotham — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- W. Brawley — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-118 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Rec From House
- **2013-03-12** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-03-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-12** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-07** Postponed To 03/11/2013
- **2013-03-06** Placed On Cal For 03/07/2013
- **2013-03-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-06** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-20** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Local Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fd721fa-7a6a-4ed3-a839-77609096409a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).