North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 768 — Emergency Communication Code Exemptions/Sanitary Board/401.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on July 02, 2025.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    3 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (6 R · 1 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

48 added · 46 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent version of House Bill 768 includes minor adjustments to its wording, specifically removing a detail about the exemption from needing to remove certain systems. This change simplifies the language without altering the intent of the legislation, which is to provide exemptions for existing buildings under specific criteria. It matters because it streamlines the process for rulemaking by the Council, helping to ensure that any changes to fire prevention codes can be implemented more efficiently.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 768 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/17/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 768 Short Title:
Clarify Emerg.
Clarify Radio Coverage Exemptions/Bldg Code.
Comm.
Exemptions/Fire Code.
Representatives Brody, Cotham, Zenger, and Winslow (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
April 7, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO DIRECT THE NORTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO ADOPT RULES TO AMEND THE STATE BUILDING CODE AND STATE FIRE CODE TO CLARIFY EXEMPTIONS FROM IN-BUILDING EMERGENCY RESPONDER COMMUNICATION COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Housing and Development, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 7, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO DIRECT THE NORTH CAROLINA BUILDING CODE COUNCIL TO ADOPT RULES TO AMEND THE STATE BUILDING CODE AND STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE TO CLARIFY EXEMPTIONS FROM IN-BUILDING EMERGENCY RESPONDER RADIO COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.
– The North Carolina State Building Code collection, including the North Carolina Fire Code, and amendments thereto, as adopted by the Council.
– The North Carolina State Building Code collection, including the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, and amendments thereto, as adopted by the Council.
(3) Emergency responder communication coverage requirements.
(3) Emergency responder radio coverage requirements.
– The requirements for in-building emergency responder communications coverage systems specified under Section 510 of the North Carolina Fire Code.
– The requirements for in-building emergency responder communications enhancement systems specified under Section 510 of the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code.
– Notwithstanding the emergency responder communication coverage requirements of the Code, the following buildings and structures, whether existing, newly constructed, or altered after the effective date of this act, are exempt from those requirements:
– Notwithstanding the emergency responder radio coverage requirements of the Code, the following buildings and structures, whether existing, newlyconstructed or altered after the effective date of this act, are exempt from those requirements:
(3) Buildings or structures subject to the North Carolina Residential Code.
(3) Buildings defined as one-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, and townhouses regulated by the North Carolina Residential Code.
– Notwithstanding Section 901.6 of the North Carolina Fire Code or any other provision of the Code that might require the removal of nonrequired, obsolete, or abandoned systems, an emergencyresponder communication coverage system installed prior to the effective date of this act in a building or structure that meets the exemption criteria established in subsection (b) of this section shall not be required to be removed.
– NotwithstandingSection 901.6oftheNorthCarolinaFirePreventionCodeoranyotherprovision of the State Building Code that might require the removal of nonrequired or abandoned systems, an emergency responder radio coverage system installed prior to the effective date of this act in *H768-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 a building or structure that meets the exemption criteria established in subsection (b) of this section shall not be required to be removed.
*H768-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 1.(d) Rulemaking Required.
SECTION 1.(d) Rulemaking Required.
– The Council shall adopt rules to amend the Code, specifically Section 510 of the North Carolina Fire Code and any related sections addressing emergency responder communication coverage, to incorporate the exemptions listed in subsection (b) of this section and the provisions regarding existing systems in subsection (c) of this section.
– The Council shall adopt rules to amend the Code, specifically Section 510 of the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code and any related sections addressing emergency responder radio coverage, to incorporate the exemptions listed in subsection (b) of this section and the provisions regarding existing systems in subsection (c) of this section.
150B-19(4), the rules adopted by the Council pursuant to this section shall be substantively identical to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
150B-19(4), the rules adopted by the Council pursuant to this section shall be substantivelyidentical to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
– Until the effective date of the permanent rules that the Council is required to adopt pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, theCouncil and local governments enforcingtheCodeshall not enforcethe emergencyresponder communication coverage requirements against buildings and structures that meet the exemption criteria established in subsection (b) of this section and shall apply the provisions regarding existing systems established in subsection (c) of this section.
– Until the effective date of the permanent rules that the Council is required to adopt pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, theCouncil and local governments enforcingtheCodeshall not enforcethe emergencyresponder radio coverage requirements against buildings and structures that meet the exemption criteria established in subsection (b) of this section, and shall apply the provisions regarding existing systems established in subsection (c) of this section.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025

  2. Ch. SL 2025-50

  3. Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025

  4. Ratified

  5. Special Message Sent To House

  6. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  7. Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  8. Added to Calendar

  9. Concurred In S Com Sub

  10. Reconsidered Concurrence

  11. Concurred In S Com Sub

  12. Ordered Enrolled

  13. Amend Adopted A1

  14. Passed 2nd Reading

  15. Passed 3rd Reading

  16. Engrossed

  17. Reptd Fav

  18. Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025

  19. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  20. Com Substitute Adopted

  21. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  22. Withdrawn From Com

  23. Re-ref to Regulatory Reform. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  24. Regular Message Received From House

  25. Passed 1st Reading

  26. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  27. Passed 2nd Reading

  28. Passed 3rd Reading

  29. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  30. Reptd Fav

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

  32. Reptd Fav

  33. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  34. Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025

  35. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  36. Re-ref Com On Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery

  37. Passed 1st Reading

  38. Ref to the Com on Housing and Development, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  39. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 171 not signed on · 43 voted No

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (171)

171 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

M6 Reconsider

Passed 104 Yea · 1 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 41102
U 1001
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 560012
Total 1041015
% of votes cast 87%1%0%13%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Not Voting
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Mike Colvin Democratic Yea
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Yea
Phil Rubin Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Not Voting
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Not Voting
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Not Voting
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Not Voting

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M11 Concur

Passed 67 Yea · 44 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 24200
U 2000
Unaffiliated 4200
Republican 59009
Total 674409
% of votes cast 56%37%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
CharlesSmith — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Reeder — Yea
vonHaefen — Nay
C. Smith — Yea
F. Jackson — Nay
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Aisha O. Dew Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Nay
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Nay
Becky Carney Democratic Nay
Beth Helfrich Democratic Nay
Brandon Lofton Democratic Nay
Brian Turner Democratic Nay
Bryan Cohn Democratic Nay
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Dante Pittman Democratic Nay
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Nay
Gloristine Brown Democratic Nay
James Roberson Democratic Nay
Jordan Lopez Democratic Nay
Julia Greenfield Democratic Nay
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Mike Colvin Democratic Nay
Monika Johnson-Hostler Democratic Nay
Phil Rubin Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Rodney D. Pierce Democratic Nay
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Nay
Tim Longest Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Nay
Vernetta Alston Democratic Nay
Ya Liu Democratic Nay
Zack Hawkins Democratic Nay
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Blair Eddins Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Not Voting
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Brian Echevarria Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Cody Huneycutt Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Not Voting
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Heather H. Rhyne Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jarrod Lowery Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Not Voting
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Not Voting
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Wyatt Gable Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Who sponsors HB 768?
HB 768 is sponsored by Shelly Willingham (Democratic), Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), Nasif Majeed (U), Matthew Winslow (Republican), Jeff Zenger (Republican), Tricia Ann Cotham (Republican), Mark Brody (Republican), and Jake Johnson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 768?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.
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