---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recall Retired Business Court Judge."
description: "Recall Retired Business Court Judge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "North Carolina HB 136 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "JUDGES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SPEED LIMIT", "STUDIES", "SUPREME COURT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "CHIEF JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2016-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e417c558-f9af-48b4-83d3-a0620fc94b91"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H136&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "713f808fada0abd8bdd468ce2f01d98bafce0d88649a5ddf02bafa8caa60ced7"
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 136 (2015) — Recall Retired Business Court Judge.

## 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/H136v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-15-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4671/0/H136-AMH-15-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H136v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H136v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H136v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H136v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H136v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-11** Ch. SL 2016-91 `became-law`
- **2016-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-30** Ratified
- **2016-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-05-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-30** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e417c558-f9af-48b4-83d3-a0620fc94b91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).