Planning and Development Regulation

UPDATED TO: 7/15/18

The 2018 session of the North Carolina General Assembly convened on May 16, 2018.  2017 bills and adjourned on June 29, 2018. The General Assembly will reconvene on November 27, 2018. 

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters addressed in 2018. Where substantially similar or identical bills were filed in both houses and only one was adopted or passed the house of introduction, only that bill is listed. 

House bills are listed first, followed by Senate bills. The last action taken in each house is indicated. For bills that have become law, a session law chapter number is included in the last column. Abbreviations used in the table are:

• "Comm. fav." indicates the bill has been reported out of a committee with a favorable recommendation, but no floor action was taken.
• "Passed" indicates the bill passed third reading in the indicated house.
• "Conf." indicates a conference committee has been appointed to reconcile differences in House and Senate versions of adopted bills.
• "Ratif." indicates final General Assembly approval, pending action by Governor

Quick links to the bill texts are provided for some bills. Clicking on the underlined Bill Numbers in the far left column will take you to the General Assembly's detailed information on that bill (including sponsors, bill history, and votes). That site also has a link for the latest text of the bill. Clicking on the underlined Session Law numbers in the far right column will take you to a copy cof the bill as enacted. Copies of the texts of all bills, and a detailed legislative history for each bill, can be obtained through the General Assembly's Bill Information web site.