---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Cell Phone/Delinquent Juvenile.-AB"
description: "Prohibit Cell Phone/Delinquent Juvenile.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "North Carolina HB 294 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONES", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "MOBILE PHONES & DEVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9925590d-fc7c-4cc8-a112-7618acea7bb7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a565dd3b756b27225c6daf90c096e0229ea5956e44a59280aa8aee9d32b4a48c"
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 294 (2015) — Prohibit Cell Phone/Delinquent Juvenile.-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/H294v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-38-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4850/0/H294-ASA-38-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H294v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H294v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H294v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H294v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-02** Ch. SL 2015-47 `became-law`
- **2015-06-02** Signed by Gov. 6/2/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-27** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2015
- **2015-05-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2015
- **2015-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-24** 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`
- **2015-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9925590d-fc7c-4cc8-a112-7618acea7bb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).