---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety Requirements for Elevators."
description: "Safety Requirements for Elevators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "North Carolina HB 608 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDING CODE COUNCIL", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCILS", "ELEVATORS & ESCALATORS", "HOUSING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RENTALS & LEASING", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feda04ce-385a-4d2a-9f6b-e46fa59c432f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H608"
source_hash: "acd48fa2058afd5d62a1b0ac1ad2ab0416b7f8c98f39a2fcd61a38d31a1e226d"
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 608 (2023) — Safety Requirements for Elevators.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H608v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-56-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6140/0/H608-ATG-56-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H608v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H608v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H608v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H608v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-30** Ch. SL 2023-68 `became-law`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** Ratified
- **2023-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-21** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2023
- **2023-06-15** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2023-06-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-02** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feda04ce-385a-4d2a-9f6b-e46fa59c432f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).