---
type: "Bill"
title: "2019 Building Code Regulatory Reform."
description: "2019 Building Code Regulatory Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 675"
citation: "North Carolina HB 675 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALARM SYSTEMS", "BOARDS", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNCILS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FILM INDUSTRY", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HOUSING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SMOKE DETECTORS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Hardister", "Riddell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3711af-fd00-4510-bfec-df9bd36abf1d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H675&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e40ba64b986405afbe64e1ef17e3e7fdedf9b33cabf70b848ed630513bb977ea"
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 675 (2019) — 2019 Building Code Regulatory Reform.

## 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/H675v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABD-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4100/0/H675-ABD-8-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H675v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-174 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** Ratified
- **2019-07-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-11** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2019
- **2019-07-10** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-10** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-10** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-26** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2019
- **2019-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken
- **2019-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a3711af-fd00-4510-bfec-df9bd36abf1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).