---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Emergency Management Changes."
description: "Various Emergency Management Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "North Carolina HB 15 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "DENR", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FORESTRY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PRISON LABOR", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SPEED LIMIT", "STUDIES", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Saine"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90932f91-bdd6-4ce8-88d9-496f91255650"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H15&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ef764754e90e9e25134a8a449b15d0d5dfdd26aee48a4a0aa6467deaec022c4d"
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 15 (2013) — Various Emergency Management Changes.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATA-39-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6915/0/H15-ATA-39-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H15v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-26** Ch. SL 2013-415 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-23** Ratified
- **2013-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-18** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-17** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-16** Engrossed
- **2013-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2013
- **2013-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-18** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-18** Rec From House
- **2013-02-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** Placed On Cal For 02/14/2013
- **2013-02-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90932f91-bdd6-4ce8-88d9-496f91255650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).