---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study/Update Bicycle Safety Laws."
description: "Study/Update Bicycle Safety Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 232"
citation: "North Carolina HB 232 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICYCLES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "STUDIES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shepard", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-12"
last_action: "2015-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e6f3d5b-0f90-4762-a3c5-842912c0ae4a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H232&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24b666a997b59090edd7a413d8d28d58df075d0946bcf7fd107663e8954b48e1"
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 232 (2015) — Study/Update Bicycle Safety Laws.

## 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/H232v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H232v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H232v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H232v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H232v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shepard — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-02** Ch. SL 2015-45 `became-law`
- **2015-06-02** Signed by Gov. 6/2/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-26** Ratified
- **2015-05-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-12** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Added to Calendar
- **2015-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e6f3d5b-0f90-4762-a3c5-842912c0ae4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).