---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Squatting in Foreclosed Real Property."
description: "Prevent Squatting in Foreclosed Real Property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "North Carolina HB 283 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEEDS", "FORECLOSURES", "FRAUD", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SUPREME COURT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRESPASSING", "BURKE COUNTY", "MORGANTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2016-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d1254e4-3ac1-4bf8-8209-db022734e4e0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H283&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1a5b2877f25b432df289b9dea4b57f5a739b232b700fbd481b2dfeb4eb7aa153"
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 283 (2015) — Prevent Squatting in Foreclosed Real Property.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H283v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H283v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H283v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H283v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H283v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bishop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-26 `became-law`
- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-20** Ratified
- **2016-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2016
- **2016-06-15** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d1254e4-3ac1-4bf8-8209-db022734e4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).