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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "County Sign Ordinance in Cities."
+description: "County Sign Ordinance in Cities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 544"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 544 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SIGNS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brawley", "Horn"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-04-01"
+last_action: "2015-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dad3461-20dd-4dc8-8ee7-e980321ab6df"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H544&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "83df2f2273c9d13453f8a0e80ba99522142a6f39650459939ea650b5dd1dac26"
+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 544 (2015) — County Sign Ordinance in Cities.
+
+## 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/H544v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2015-166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **106–2** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brawley — primary (person)
+- Horn — primary (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
+- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-07-23** Ch. SL 2015-166 `became-law`
+- **2015-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-07-22** Ratified
+- **2015-07-21** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-07-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-20** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2015
+- **2015-07-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2015-07-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2015-07-15** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2015-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2015
+- **2015-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2015-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-05-11** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
+- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dad3461-20dd-4dc8-8ee7-e980321ab6df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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