---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Our Students Act."
description: "Protect Our Students Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 113"
citation: "North Carolina HB 113 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEX OFFENSES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hastings", "Presnell", "R. Turner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc644a9-5092-494d-9a66-1555b5d6aedb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H113&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e9cff128fc99dca4069bb8d94ea02a8ccb0d22f4b73ef25495033961b31f69d2"
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 113 (2015) — Protect Our Students 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/H113v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-37-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4839/0/H113-ASA-37-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H113v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H113v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H113v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H113v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **110–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hastings — primary (person)
- Presnell — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-02** Ch. SL 2015-44 `became-law`
- **2015-06-02** Signed by Gov. 6/2/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-27** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2015
- **2015-05-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-18** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/17/2015
- **2015-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-27** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc644a9-5092-494d-9a66-1555b5d6aedb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).