---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights."
description: "Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 254"
citation: "North Carolina HB 254 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "EMPLOYMENT", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin", "Pendleton", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f132d8-7728-4f7e-b5f1-ada8132baa10"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H254&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "439f3ba928be6245ef9a888f5c9ab01a8f961e31e6f04d29b478cec31dbf025f"
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 254 (2015) — Protect National Guard Reemployment Rights.

## 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/H254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H254v3.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Pendleton — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-17** Ch. SL 2015-161 `became-law`
- **2015-07-17** Signed by Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-16** Ratified
- **2015-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** 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`
- **2015-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `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/a2f132d8-7728-4f7e-b5f1-ada8132baa10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).