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H24 • 2025

Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

Land
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Adams, Penny, Warren, McNeely, Almond, G. Brown, Buansi, Cairns, Carney, Carver, Cervania, Clampitt, Cohn, Echevarria, Harrison, Helfrich, Humphrey, Huneycutt, Liu, Loftis, Morey, Prather, Price, Ross, Schietzelt, Setzer, Turner, von Haefen, Wheatley
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

What This Bill Does

  • Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-05-05 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-05-05 House

    Serial Referral To Housing and Development Stricken

  4. 2025-02-03 House

    Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Housing and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  5. 2025-02-03 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  6. 2025-01-30 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  7. 2025-01-30 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  8. 2025-01-29 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Restore Down-Zoning Authority.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 24

Short Title: Restore Down-Zoning Authority. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Adams, Penny, Warren, and McNeely (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
January 30, 2025
*H24-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO RESTORE TH E AUTHORITY FOR LOCA L GOVERNMENTS TO INI TIATE 2
DOWN-ZONING. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Section 3K.1 of S.L. 2024-57 is repealed. 5
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies retroactively to 6
December 11, 2024. Any adopted ordinance affected by Section 3K.1 of S.L. 2024 -57 shall be 7
in effect as it was on or before December 11, 2024. 8