---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Cond. Discharge Law/No DWI Expunge."
description: "Clarify Cond. Discharge Law/No DWI Expunge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "North Carolina HB 273 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c163d84-6e3e-4440-aed2-b4aca83c2442"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H273&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e506ee8512c5d0d2b37537c00fbed60f2dc2f57a838963ff07f1f35730bebaf7"
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 273 (2015) — Clarify Cond. Discharge Law/No DWI Expunge.

## 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/H273v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H273v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H273v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H273v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H273v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H273v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **102–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-16** Ch. SL 2015-150 `became-law`
- **2015-07-16** Signed by Gov. 7/16/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-13** Ratified
- **2015-07-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Added to Calendar
- **2015-07-02** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `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`
- **2015-03-31** 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`
- **2015-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** 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/1c163d84-6e3e-4440-aed2-b4aca83c2442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).