republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/hb-600.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2023."
description: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 600"
citation: "North Carolina HB 600 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "AIRPORTS", "ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE", "ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMAL WELFARE", "ANIMALS", "APPOINTMENTS", "APPRAISAL BOARD", "APPRAISALS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "BOARDS", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CAMA", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHIROPRACTORS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "CODIFIER OF RULES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS", "DAY CARE", "DEFINITIONS", "DEQ", "DEREGULATION", "DHHS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "EDUCATION", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "EUTHANASIA", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GAMING", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIE NETWORK", "HOME SCHOOLING", "HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS", "HOSPITALS", "HOUSING", "HUNTING & FISHING", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "INTERNET", "INTERPRETER LICENSING BOARD", "INTERPRETERS & TRANSLITERATORS", "IREDELL COUNTY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LANGUAGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MEDIA", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINIMUM WAGE", "MOORESVILLE", "MORATORIUMS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NGOS", "NONPROFIT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PLANNING & ZONING", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "PURCHASING", "RADIO", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDS", "RECYCLING", "REMEDIATION & CLEANUP", "RENTALS & LEASING", "REPORTING", "RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL", "RETAILING", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SANITATION", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOLID WASTE", "SPAYING & NEUTERING", "SPORTS", "STATE BUILDINGS", "STUDIES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TELESERVICES", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Riddell", "Zenger"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 67
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ab6cdf-278c-4cfd-8275-37a16089d809"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H600"
source_hash: "414db0c0ecb02703ae6cbbf887fe54775ae3a85aeffa0e0b8c42c60a776872aa"
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 600 (2023) — Regulatory Reform Act of 2023.

## 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/H600v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABR-46-V-19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6702/0/H600-ABR-46-V-19)
3. **A1: ACC-11-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5615/0/H600-ACC-11-V-2)
4. **A2: ABR-52-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6714/0/H600-ABR-52-V-3)
5. **A3: ABR-50-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6703/0/H600-ABR-50-V-1)
6. **A3: ACC-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5614/0/H600-ACC-10-V-1)
7. **A5: ABR-51-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6716/0/H600-ABR-51-V-2)
8. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v1.pdf)
9. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v2.pdf)
10. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v3.pdf)
11. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v4.pdf)
12. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v5.pdf)
13. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v6.pdf)
14. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v7.pdf)
15. **SL 2023-137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H600v8.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Zenger — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-10** Ch. SL 2023-137 `became-law`
- **2023-10-10** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-10-10** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-10-10** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-10-05** Placed On Cal For 10/10/2023
- **2023-10-02** Received from the Governor
- **2023-10-02** Vetoed 10/02/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-21** Placed On Cal For 09/22/2023
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-07-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-07-13** Conferees Changed
- **2023-07-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-07-12** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-28** Engrossed
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Tabled A4
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-04** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, 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/30ab6cdf-278c-4cfd-8275-37a16089d809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).