Bill List -- 2019 Session

Bill List 2019

UPDATED TO: 11/18/19

The 2019 session of the North Carolina General Assembly convened for an organizational session on January 9, 2019 and began regular sessions on January 30.

The following is a list of bills related to planning, land use regulation, environment, transportation, and similar matters addressed in 2019. 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.

Each House set deadlines for filing bills. The deadlines have passed for introduction of bills other than those affecting revenues and appropriations. Most of those bills had to pass the house of introduction by May 9 (the "crossover deadline") for further consideration in 2019 or 2020.

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 has been 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 of 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.

Bill Number	Title/Short Description	House Action	Senate Action	Session Law
H. 3	Amend state constitution to limit use of eminent domain to acquisitions for public purposes	Passed
H. 4	Claremont deannexation	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-93
H. 31	Allow Durham public schools to provide rental housing for teachers and employees	Passed
H. 59	Allow Winston-Salem to convey city property to increase supply of affordable housing
H. 129	Allow cities with populations under 1000 to use Powell bill street funds for parks
H. 131	Repeal Official Map Act	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-35
H. 170	Remove satellite annexation cap for Asheboro, Bunn, Franklinton, and Youngsville	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-103
H. 181	Repeal Yanceyville annexation, deannex area from Greensboro	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-181
H. 200	Storm recovery act	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-250
H. 204	Annex described land and water areas into Beaufort	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-95
H. 215	Repeal authority for municipal ETJ
H. 237	Allow planning board to approve zoning amendments for Brunswick County	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-99
H. 285	Relax restrictions of voluntary annexation for Sanford and Beaufort	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-105
H. 286	Allow ETJ and annexation of Shaw Heights area by Fayetteville	Comm. fav.
H. 308	Relax limits on outdoor advertising for bona fide farms	Passed
H. 322	Allow Conover to annex donut holes without referendum
H. 329	Renewable energy amendments, including requiring rules and stakeholder process re rules for decommissioning solar and wind facilities	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-132
H. 336	Extend suspension of Town of Spencer's Mountain charter to 2023, suspend Eureka charter	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-29
H. 375	Allow Bertie County teacher/government employee housing	Passed 2d
H. 392	Deannex specified areas from Clemmons
H. 399	Increase and extend historic preservation tax credits	Passed	Comm. fav.
H. 429	Allow Manteo to regulate navigable waters within its corporate limits and Hyde Co. to do so in Silver Lake, add water area to Manteo city limits	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-108
H. 479	Study solar farm decommissioning requirements, additional solid waste tax and disposal issues	Passed
H. 495	Prohibit municipal regulation of off-site wastewater systems approved under public health rules	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-131
H. 527	Public-private reimburesement agreements for park infrastructure in Mecklenburg County
H. 620	Modify NCDOT provisions regardng acceptance of subdivision streets, add record-keeping, require update of manual	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-156
H. 632	Ban hydraulic fracking statewide
H. 645	Revise outdoor advertising statutes, including definition for unzoned commercial/industrial area, sign acquisition, sign relocation, vegetation removal, conversion to digital signs	Passed	Passed	Vetoed
H. 675	Revise building code statutes, including prohibition of setting minimum sq. ft. of residential buildings, no requirement in subdivision regs to bury existing overhead power lines, require five-year cost-benefit for conservation requirements, limit conditions on temporary CO	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-174
H. 741	Study flood mitigation
H. 750	Modify provisons regarding deed restrictions and solar collectors
H. 836	Study local regulation of navigable waters
H. 873	Revise system development fees, speacifying types of fees, timing for collection	Passed
H. 966	2019-21 budget bill	Passed	Passed	Vetoed

S. 27	Amend state constitution to limit use of eminent domain to acquisitions for public purposes
S. 62	Require land donated to conservation group be included in stromwater density calculations
S. 63	Annex area into Kannapolis with ETJ authority in interim	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-12
S. 70	Amend various provisions in Erosion Sedimentation Control Act
S. 80	Remove cap on satellite annexations for China Grove and East Spencer	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-58
S. 83	Allow Winston-Salem to convey city property to increase supply of affordable housing
S. 84	Special use district zoning in Walkertown	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-61
S. 99	Allow Durham public schools to provide rental housing for teachers and employees		Comm. fav
S. 194	Remove cap on satellite annexations for Saluda, West Jefferson, annex area to Yanceyville	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-160
S. 201	Deannex specified area from Bolton	Passed	Passed
S. 205	Deannex specified area from Clemmons
S. 207	Public-private reimbursement agreements for park infrastructure in Mecklenburg County
S. 208	Remove size restrictions on noncommercial signs		Passed
S. 220	Allow any citizen to remove political sign left in right-of-way more than 30 days after required removal	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-119
S. 235	Allow Franklin and Nash County municipalities authority to deal with unfit dwellings in same manner as more populous cities	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-30
S. 242	Allow Harnett County to use recreation fees collected under subdivision ordinance to develop recreation facilites	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-59
S. 253	Repeal authority for Guildford County and its municipalities to substitute electronic publication for published notice of hearings
S. 258	Allow Davidson to regulate demolition of historic structures
S. 259	Allow Davidson to regulate removal of heritage trees in residential development
S. 260	Remove specified subdivison regulation exemption in Davidson historic district
S. 264	Remove limits on satellite annexations for Lee County municipalites
S. 270	Deannex specified areas from Durham	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-218
S. 272	Modify zoning for NCCU student housing in Durham	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-8
S. 289	Remove ETJ authority for Red Springs
S. 313	Modify provisions for subdivision performance guarantees	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-79
S. 315	Farm Act -- includes amendment to outdoor advertising standards for bona fide farms, add equestrian and shooting sports for ranges in (in counties under 110k populations and that comply with WRC guidelines and local zoning) to agritourism definition	Passed	Passed	Conf.
S. 316	Require affordable housing reports by cities with populations over 90,000	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-144
S. 353	Expand cartway access to certain landlocked parcels, modifiy septic setback	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-215
S. 355	Part I: Amend zoning statute, including provisions on permit choice, vested rights, eliminate third party down-zoning petitions, enforcement, judicial appeals, attorney fees; Part II: 160D statutory reorganization (originally S. 422/H. 448)	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-111
S. 367	Limit tree protection ordinances		Comm. fav.
S. 377	Require notice to base of wind energy facilities near military base and avaiation training areas	Comm. fav	Passed
S. 406	Limit conditions in conditional zoning
S. 472	Study voting power in MPOs and RPOs
S. 480	Modify NCDOT provisions regardng acceptance of subdivision streets, add record-keeping, require update of manual
S. 483	Vacation rentals, periodic inspections	Passed	Passed	S.L. 2019-73
S. 553	Regulatory reform, including building code, temporary event venues, manufactured home setup, allow aquaculture in flood hazard areas	Passed	Passed	Vetoed