HB 170 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Restore Down-Zoning/Union County.

HB 170 restores local government authority to initiate down-zoning in Union County and its municipalities without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill specifically targets zoning changes that reduce development density or limit permitted land uses (e.g., making areas less dense or restricting building types). It applies only to Union County and its municipalities, with retroactive effect to December 11, 2024, meaning existing down-zoning actions since that date are treated as if they followed the pre-2024-57 rules. This changes the current requirement (from S.L. 2024-57) that mandated owner consent for all down-zoning amendments.

Issues: ✗ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill's header and sponsorship information were updated to reflect the current legislative session and add a second sponsor. The bill number was also changed from a draft identifier to the official session number. These are primarily administrative updates rather than substantive policy changes.

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Updated the bill header to reflect the official 2025 session format and changed the bill identifier from a draft number (DRH50002-MQ-54A) to the official session number (H170-v-1)

Added Representative Willis as a co-sponsor to the bill and included a reference to the General Assembly website for a complete sponsor list

Updated the referral information to include specific committee assignments (Judiciary 3, Housing and Development, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) with a February 24, 2025 date

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Feb 24, 2025

Committee

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

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Feb 21, 2025

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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors