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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights."
+description: "Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 254"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 254 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EMPLOYMENT", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin", "Pendleton", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-03-17"
+last_action: "2015-07-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f132d8-7728-4f7e-b5f1-ada8132baa10"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H254&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "439f3ba928be6245ef9a888f5c9ab01a8f961e31e6f04d29b478cec31dbf025f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina HB 254 (2015) — Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2015-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- G. Martin — primary (person)
+- Pendleton — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
+- Ager — cosponsor (person)
+- Arp — cosponsor (person)
+- Avila — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Blust — cosponsor (person)
+- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
+- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
+- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Carney — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Gill — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- Insko — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Reives — cosponsor (person)
+- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
+- Ross — cosponsor (person)
+- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
+- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
+- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
+- Stam — cosponsor (person)
+- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
+- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
+- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
+- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-07-17** Ch. SL 2015-161 `became-law`
+- **2015-07-17** Signed by Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-07-16** Ratified
+- **2015-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-01** Added to Calendar
+- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2f132d8-7728-4f7e-b5f1-ada8132baa10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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