---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect. Tenants at Foreclosure Act Restored."
description: "Protect. Tenants at Foreclosure Act Restored."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "North Carolina HB 531 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FORECLOSURES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LEASING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanig"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-01"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b6abde-c99a-4c5b-ab74-f35304d4ae6e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H531&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c97598479cfce06019f74c6781aa17d5a7d5a2a74129a789091ea45c6256284"
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 531 (2019) — Protect. Tenants at Foreclosure Act Restored.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H531v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H531v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H531v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H531v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H531v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanig — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-26** Ch. SL 2019-53 `became-law`
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-20** Ratified
- **2019-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-19** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2019
- **2019-06-17** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2019
- **2019-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2019
- **2019-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4b6abde-c99a-4c5b-ab74-f35304d4ae6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).