---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surveyors Right of Entry/Exped. Comm. Bldg."
description: "Surveyors Right of Entry/Exped. Comm. Bldg."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "North Carolina SB 677 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE", "BOARDS", "BUILDING CODES", "CHAPTERED", "ENGINEERS & ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS BOARD", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STEM", "SURVEYORS & SURVEYING", "TRESPASSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jarvis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-10-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e835cf-74a2-408b-852a-7af382064222"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S677"
source_hash: "17e13993bf4943270b178bc0bc5ffe31c86d43d801da1b8acae189b82635d999"
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 SB 677 (2023) — Surveyors Right of Entry/Exped. Comm. Bldg.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S677v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-32-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5100/0/S677-ATG-32-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S677v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jarvis — primary (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-21** Ch. SL 2023-142 `became-law`
- **2023-10-21** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-10-10** Pres. To Gov. 10/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-10** Ratified
- **2023-10-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-10-10** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-09** Placed On Cal For 10/10/2023
- **2023-10-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-09-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-09-22** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-08-03** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-01** Engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80e835cf-74a2-408b-852a-7af382064222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).