---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Government Technical Corrections.-AB"
description: "General Government Technical Corrections.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "North Carolina HB 259 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "MUNICIPALITIES", "MUSEUMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROANOKE ISLAND COMN.", "SESSION LAWS", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "DARE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BATTLESHIP COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "R. Brown"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/857974f8-72bf-4770-b3a9-13f542e01328"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H259&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "51ab5e7188ef45ea394363ae13f087fa5a87642eefb4f89461fa5b21a2cb5ac8"
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 259 (2015) — General Government Technical Corrections.-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/H259v0.pdf)
2. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6547/0/H259-A-NBC-1143)
3. **A4: AMD-88-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6548/0/H259-AMD-88-V-2)
4. **A: AMDF-87-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6549/0/H259-AMDF-87-V-2)
5. **A: AMK-70-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6550/0/H259-AMK-70-V-3)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H259v1.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H259v2.pdf)
8. **SL2015-268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H259v3.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 4 — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 3 — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- R. Brown — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-01** Ch. SL 2015-268 `became-law`
- **2015-10-01** Signed by Gov. 10/1/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Pres. To Gov. 10/1/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-30** Ratified
- **2015-09-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-30** Concurred In S Amend SA4 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-30** Concurred In S Amend SA3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-30** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-30** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Placed On Cal For 09/30/2015
- **2015-09-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-29** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Com Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Com Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Appropriations `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/857974f8-72bf-4770-b3a9-13f542e01328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).