HB 225 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Restore Down-Zoning/Wake Forest and Rolesville.

HB 225 restores local government authority to initiate down-zoning in Wake Forest and Rolesville without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a 2024 law that had mandated such consent, allowing towns to adjust zoning to reduce development density or limit permitted land uses (like changing from mixed-use to single-family zones) without owner approval. The bill applies only to these two towns and takes effect retroactively to December 11, 2024, making any down-zoning ordinances adopted after that date valid as if the prior consent rule never existed. This change directly affects property owners in these towns whose land might be rezoned to less dense or restricted uses.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2025
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The bill's header information was updated to reflect the official session date and bill number format. Sponsor information was removed from the printed version and directed to the online database, while committee referral details were added. These are primarily administrative and formatting changes rather than substantive policy modifications.
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Header formatting updated to show 'SESSION 2025' and bill identifier 'H225-v-1' instead of the previous draft number 'DRH10078-MQ-61'.

Sponsor information was removed from the printed bill and replaced with a reference to the North Carolina General Assembly website for complete sponsor listings.

Committee referral information was added, directing the bill to Judiciary 3, Housing and Development, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House if favorable.

Date of referral was updated from February 26, 2025 to February 27, 2025.

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Feb 27, 2025
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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 26, 2025
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0 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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