HB 765 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Save the American Dream Act.

HB 765, titled "Save the American Dream Act," introduces new requirements for fiscal notes concerning housing affordability at both state and local levels. The bill mandates that the state's Fiscal Research Division prepare a five-year fiscal note for any proposed state legislation that could impact the cost of constructing, purchasing, owning, or selling a single-family residence. Similarly, it requires county and city governments to prepare a fiscal note for local ordinances that could affect these same costs. These local notes must be made public at least five days before the ordinance is introduced.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 3, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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Edition 2 → Edition 3 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten from a local government development regulations reform bill to a stormwater permit fee increase bill. The original text focused on down-zoning protections and development regulation procedures, while the new version addresses national pollutant discharge elimination system fees. This represents a fundamental change in the bill's purpose and subject matter.

Scope change

The bill's scope changed from regulating local government development regulations and zoning to increasing stormwater permit fees. The original provisions about down-zoning, development density, and local government authority have been removed and replaced with stormwater-related content.

SCOPE

All provisions related to down-zoning protections, including requirements for written consent from property owners and definitions of down-zoning, have been removed.

Provisions about development regulation procedures, including definitions of acreage, buffer yards, dwelling units, and nonconformities, have been removed.

FISCAL

New title and purpose indicate the bill now focuses on increasing the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general stormwater permit fee.

REQUIREMENT

Section 160D-101 was modified to add provisions about when local governments can exercise development regulation authority and restrictions on enacting more restrictive regulations than state law.

TIMELINE

Effective dates and retroactivity provisions were changed, with new dates of October 1, 2025 appearing in the text.

TECHNICAL

The bill number changed from Edition 2 to Edition 3, and the short title was changed from 'Local Gov. Development Regulations Omnibus' to 'Save the American Dream Act'.

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Committee

May 6, 2025

Committee

Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

May 6, 2025

Committee

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

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Re-ref to the Com on Housing and Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Judiciary 2 Stricken

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Added

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Judiciary 2 Added

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Filed

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3 primary · 12 co-sponsors