North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 7 R · 7 D cosponsors

HB 797 — Residential Property Wholesaling Protection.

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

This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 07, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

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Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

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Moderate

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  • Passed House

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    3 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 R · 7 D) — 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

17 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised Bill HB 797 has added specific rights for homeowners engaged in residential property wholesaling, allowing them to cancel transactions if certain conditions aren't met. This change clearly states that failing to provide homeowners with this cancellation right is considered an unfair trading practice, empowering homeowners to take legal action if needed. The inclusion of this provision is important because it strengthens protections for homeowners, ensuring they have recourse if they feel misled or pressured during property deals. Additionally, the Attorney General will be able to enforce these rights, offering another layer of oversight in these transactions.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 797 Second Edition Engrossed 4/30/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 797 Short Title:
*H797-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a5) For purposes of this Chapter, "residential property" means real property containing oneormoredwellingunitslegallyusedorheldoutforindividualstolivein,regardlessofwhether such property is occupied by the owners of said property, rented, or vacant.
*H797-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a5) For purposes of this Chapter, "residential property" means real property containing oneormoredwellingunitslegallyusedorheldoutforindividualstolivein,regardlessofwhether such property is occupied by the owners of said property, rented, or vacant.
Page 2 House Bill 797-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (f) The wholesaler shall provide the homeowner with an exact copy of the contract, containing all of the disclosures required by subsection (e) of this section, at the time the homeowner signs the contract.
Page 2 House Bill 797-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (f) The wholesaler shall provide the homeowner with an exact copy of the contract, containing all of the disclosures required by subsection (e) of this section, at the time the homeowner signs the contract.
A violation of any provision of this Article constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice under G.S.
Failure of an entity engaging in residential property wholesaling or related transactions to provide homeowners with the right to cancel, as set forth in G.S.
93A-89.2, or engaging in violations of G.S.
93A-6(a) constitutes per se unfair or deceptive trade practices under G.S.
Any party aggrieved by a violation of this Article may bring a cause of action against a real estate broker and is entitled to the relief available in Chapter 75 of the General Statutes.
Any party aggrieved by this failure to provide the requisite right to cancel or by the violations of G.S.
Any recoveries available under Chapter 75 of the General Statutes against a real estate broker will not be offset by any consideration paid by the real estate broker to the homeowner in connection with theresidential propertywholesalingorrelatedtransaction.
93A-6(a) may bring a cause of action and is entitled to the relief available in Chapter 75 of the General Statutes.
TheAttorneyGeneral is hereby empowered to enforce this Article as allowed by Chapter 75 of the General Statutes." SECTION2.
Any recoveries available under Chapter 75 of the General Statutes will not be offset by any consideration paid to the homeowner in connection with the unfair residential property wholesaling or related transaction.
The Attorney General is hereby empowered to enforce this section as allowed by Chapter 75 of the General Statutes." SECTION2.
House Bill 797-Second Edition Page 3
House Bill 797-First Edition Page 3
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Action History

  1. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  2. Regular Message Received From House

  3. Passed 1st Reading

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

  5. Amend Adopted A1

  6. Passed 2nd Reading

  7. Passed 3rd Reading

  8. Ordered Engrossed

  9. Reptd Fav

  10. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  11. Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025

  12. Reptd Fav

  13. Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform

  14. Withdrawn From Com

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

  16. Passed 1st Reading

  17. Ref to the Com on Housing and Development, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  18. Filed

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3 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 165 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (165)

165 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

A1 Howard Second Reading

Passed 102 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 35009
U 2000
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 59009
Total 1020018
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Not Voting
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Not Voting
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Not Voting
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Not Voting
John Sauls Republican Yea
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Not Voting
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
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 Yea
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Not Voting
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Not Voting
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 103 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 35009
U 2000
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 60008
Total 1030017
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Beth Helfrich Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Bryan Cohn Democratic Not Voting
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Not Voting
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Not Voting
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Jordan Lopez Democratic Yea
Julia Greenfield Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Not Voting
John Sauls Republican Yea
Jonathan L. Almond Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
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 Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mike Schietzelt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Paul Scott Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Not Voting
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Todd Carver Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Wyatt Gable Republican Not Voting
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 797?
HB 797 is sponsored by Shelly Willingham (Democratic), Bill Ward (Republican), Tim Longest (Democratic), Donnie Loftis (Republican), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Becky Carney (Democratic), Deb Butler (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), Kyle Hall (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican), Steve Tyson (Republican), Julia C. Howard (Republican), and Neal Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 797?
This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 07, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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