---
type: "Bill"
title: "Comm. Coll. Tuition for Members of Military."
description: "Comm. Coll. Tuition for Members of Military."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 515"
citation: "North Carolina HB 515 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TEXTBOOKS", "TUITION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BOLES", "REP. FLOYD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-29"
last_action: "2011-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/030c2c47-33be-4f41-b8e5-c8277abee936"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H515&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3e100786a1bf53201b40f7d1e0f26b209a8813d5da346478e1529c84fec5717c"
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 515 (2011) — Comm. Coll. Tuition for Members of Military.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H515v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H515v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H515v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H515v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H515v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-06-20** Ch. SL 2011-184 `became-law`
- **2011-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-23** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-20** Rec From House
- **2011-05-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2011
- **2011-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-30** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/030c2c47-33be-4f41-b8e5-c8277abee936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).