---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Fire and Rescue Comm'n. Membership."
description: "Update Fire and Rescue Comm'n. Membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "North Carolina HB 147 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "FIRE & RESCUE COMN.", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Ross", "Saine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15473e4a-0ac8-4e38-aba1-f56b46f3b441"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H147&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a01240374b28ac5126ea21f84425aa1f1c61993e1d45aebc8417d208c2f2aa1b"
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 147 (2015) — Update Fire and Rescue Comm'n. Membership.

## 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/H147v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H147v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H147v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H147v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-29** Ch. SL 2015-39 `became-law`
- **2015-05-29** Signed by Gov. 5/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-21** Ratified
- **2015-05-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2015
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Ref To Com On Insurance `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/15473e4a-0ac8-4e38-aba1-f56b46f3b441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).