North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H559: Elevators/Interim Code Council Appt.-AB
Status: Signed into law, July 7, 2025
What the bill says
An act to make various fee modifications to the state labor regulations, and to amend interim appointment criteria for the building code council and residential code council.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS FEE MODIFICATIONS TO THE STATE LABOR REGULATIONS, AND TO AMEND INTERIM APPOINTMENT CRITERIA FOR THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL. Whereas, the North Carolina Department of Labor's Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau is a fully receipt-supported operation that receives no State appropriations and is currently facing a backlog of over 3,000 overdue inspections and critical staffing shortages, particularly in North Carolina's fast-growing urban regions; and Whereas, outdated statutory fee caps have constrained the Department's ability to modernize operations, attract qualified inspectors, and deliver timely inspections; and Whereas, authorizing modest, common-sense fee adjustments will empower the Department to eliminate the inspection backlog, raise inspector pay to market rates, and launch an in-house apprenticeship program to train the next generation of safety professionals; and Whereas, this Act ensures that all fee increases remain capped, transparent, and tied to inflation, while keeping the Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau fully receipt-supported, free from new taxpayer burdens, and operated with the accountability and efficiency of a small business; and Whereas, it is in North Carolina's best interest to modernize the Department in a way that is accountable, fiscally responsible, and tailored to the needs of our fast-growing State; Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. FEE MODIFICATIONS SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 95-107 reads as certificates …
Sponsors
- Howard, Julia C. (R, 77) · primary sponsor
- Setzer, Mitchell S. (R, 89) · primary sponsor
- Gillespie, Karl E. (R, 120) · primary sponsor
- Hall, Kyle (R, 91) · primary sponsor
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Johnson, Todd (R, 35)
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84)
Latest actions
- : Ch. SL 2025-63
- : Signed by Gov. 7/7/2025
- : Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Concurred In S Com Sub
- : Added to Calendar
- : Withdrawn From Cal
- : Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- : Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
Votes
- Elevators/Interim Code Council Appt.-AB M11 Concur (June 25, 2025): 108 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Make Elevators Great Again.-AB Second Reading (June 24, 2025): 43 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Make Elevators Great Again.-AB Amendment 1 (June 24, 2025): 39 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Make Elevators Great Again. Second Reading (April 16, 2025): 112 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: COMMUNITY COLLEGES, RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL, COUNCILS, COUNCIL OF STATE, LABOR COMMISSIONER, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RATIFIED
Common questions
- What is H559?
- H559 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Elevators/Interim Code Council Appt.-AB.
- What does H559 do?
- In its own words: An act to make various fee modifications to the state labor regulations, and to amend interim appointment criteria for the building code council and residential code council.
- What is the status of H559?
- Signed into law as of July 7, 2025. Latest action: Ch. SL 2025-63 (July 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored H559?
- Howard, Julia C. (R, 77), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H559?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H559
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