Home-Based Business Fairness Act.

Added the official ratification date of July 1, 2026, and signatures from the Governor and legislative leaders to finalize the law.

Removed draft committee headers, substitute dates, and placeholder text indicating the bill was under review.

Adjusted page numbering and header formatting to reflect the final ratified version of the bill.

Added a new Senate Judiciary Committee adoption date of June 17, 2026.

Removed the requirement that cities must require fire sprinklers as a condition for operating a no-impact home-based business.

Reorganized the bill structure by moving the effective date to a new Part II and shifting the definitions and HOA amendments to a different section.

Changed the short title from 'Home-Based Business Fairness/HOA Revisions' to 'Home-Based Business Fairness Act'.

Added new sections requiring pre-litigation mediation for HOA member disputes and mandating the Department of Justice to collect and report on HOA complaints.

Added new provisions limiting HOA managing agent contracts to two years with specific renewal notice requirements and clarifying restrictions on regulating street parking.

Reorganized the bill into three distinct parts, separating the home-based business rules from the new HOA-related amendments.

Included a new definition for 'personal vehicle' within the HOA parking regulation section.

Changed the term 'municipality' to 'city' when defining occupancy limits for no-impact home-based businesses, clarifying that only cities (not towns or other municipalities) set these specific limits.

Updated the fire safety requirement to explicitly reference the 'North Carolina Residential Code' instead of the generic 'Residential Building Code'.

Adjusted the header information to reflect the third edition of the bill and updated the page number from 2 to 3.

The requirement for fire sprinklers was broadened to apply to any building or structure subject to the Residential Building Code, removing the previous limitation to single-family detached homes or those with two or fewer units.

A new condition was added to the definition of a 'no-impact home-based business' prohibiting the storage of merchandise, equipment, products, supplies, or materials outside of the premises.

Formatting changes were made to the header, including adjusting the page number and removing specific sponsor names and committee referral details from the main text.

The bill title page was updated to include additional sponsors (Chesser, Rhyne, and Schietzelt) and changed the bill identifier from a draft number to 'House Bill 372'.

A blank line and a draft bill number footer were removed from the text.

A new bill version identifier ('H372-v-1') was added to the footer.

The order of the definitions in Section 1 was changed, moving the definition of 'Goods' to the first position and adjusting the line numbers accordingly.