---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Local Provisions III."
description: "Various Local Provisions III."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "North Carolina HB 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS; ANNEXATION; AUTHORITIES; AVIATION; COUNTIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRATERRITORIALITY; GEOGRAPHY; RENTALS & LEASING; LOCAL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MORATORIUMS; MUNICIPALITIES; PLANNING & ZONING; RATIFIED; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WAKE COUNTY; LINCOLN COUNTY; BUNCOMBE COUNTY; MOORE COUNTY; CATAWBA COUNTY; ASHEVILLE; TAYLORTOWN; CHAPTERED; GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES; AIRPORT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a692dc11-ea17-4a77-9525-8f13a7dc1a96"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H173"
source_hash: "85f6c71b9b60bb032345afa5a77173bd7db43d6bbfdb236fef23396540434b4a"
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 173 (2025) — Various Local Provisions III.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2025-30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H173v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **79–34** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **68–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paré — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-30** Ch. SL 2025-30 `became-law`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-26** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2025-06-25** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2025
- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-24** Ruled Material
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Sequential Referral To Finance Added After Judiciary
- **2025-06-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-04-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Placed On Cal For 04/01/2025
- **2025-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a692dc11-ea17-4a77-9525-8f13a7dc1a96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).