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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act."
+description: "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 556"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 556 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "STATE TREASURER", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES", "ABLE PROGRAM BOARD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Hanes", "Lambeth"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-04-02"
+last_action: "2015-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H556&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "44113bcc4df634e1dbb6265cd009670551f0eca2f42c5a4ef6e4df1ca409c9e7"
+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 556 (2015) — Achieving a Better Life Experience Act.
+
+## 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/H556v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATD-78-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5880/0/H556-ATD-78-V-1)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v3.pdf)
+6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v4.pdf)
+7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v5.pdf)
+8. **SL2015-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Avila — primary (person)
+- Hanes — primary (person)
+- Lambeth — primary (person)
+- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Insko — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-08-11** Ch. SL 2015-203 `became-law`
+- **2015-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-08-04** Ratified
+- **2015-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-08-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-30** Placed On Cal For 08/03/2015
+- **2015-07-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2015-07-28** Engrossed
+- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-07-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
+- **2015-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-06-24** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-06-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
+- **2015-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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