---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apex Land Use Changes."
description: "Apex Land Use Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 538"
citation: "North Carolina HB 538 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WAKE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "APEX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2013-04-03"
last_action: "2013-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4fd45c6-f43c-4e2f-b767-f5f6b747beb1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H538&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a9a18656e1f7a699618848c8d39d1cada70c2060822c962a4281942b46b2bbf0"
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 538 (2013) — Apex Land Use Changes.

## 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/H538v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H538v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H538v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H538v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H538v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H538v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dollar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-17** Ch. SL 2013-264 `became-law`
- **2013-07-17** Ratified
- **2013-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-15** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-11** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Rec From House
- **2013-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2013
- **2013-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4fd45c6-f43c-4e2f-b767-f5f6b747beb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).