---
type: "Bill"
title: "Justice Reinvestment Act Changes."
description: "Justice Reinvestment Act Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "North Carolina HB 253 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNCILS", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DWI", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PAROLE COMN.", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SPEAKER", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "WEAPONS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS BOARD", "JUSTICE REINVESTMENT COUNCIL", "TELECONFERENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Daughtry", "Faircloth"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf46320-7d03-4ff2-9f25-3993b74060f4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H253&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bfd2138cb53e8540fdc6ff90f9890d475826939575fe33dbadfdac65a0bf7d51"
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 253 (2015) — Justice Reinvestment Act Changes.

## 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/H253v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3810/0/H253-AST-35-V-1)
3. **A1: ATJ-50-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8158/0/H253-ATJ-50-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2016-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H253v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Daughtry — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-77 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2016
- **2016-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-24** Engrossed
- **2016-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebf46320-7d03-4ff2-9f25-3993b74060f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).