---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal DCR's Obsolete Comms & Language.-AB"
description: "Repeal DCR's Obsolete Comms & Language.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 185"
citation: "North Carolina HB 185 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OBSOLETE STATUTES", "COMMISSIONS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "GENERAL STATUTES", "MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS", "MOREHEAD MEMORIAL COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "PUBLISHING", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Floyd", "R. Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-10"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711c6020-deaf-480e-b02d-124cdfc16a91"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H185&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a94bf6a3ebc29b5c204fadf07bcbb42f4e2d8db924b3c32b9c02ac01639c8e03"
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 185 (2015) — Repeal DCR's Obsolete Comms & Language.-AB

## 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/H185v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H185v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H185v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H185v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H185v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H185v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Floyd — primary (person)
- R. Brown — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-184 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Placed On Cal For 04/01/2015
- **2015-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711c6020-deaf-480e-b02d-124cdfc16a91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).