---
type: "Bill"
title: "End Marketing/Sale Unborn Children Body Parts."
description: "End Marketing/Sale Unborn Children Body Parts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "North Carolina HB 297 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "CHILD SUPPORT", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "DHHS", "FAMILY PLANNING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "MINORS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38065b24-ce2f-46f3-b502-db2684430b6c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H297&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e25f748739d103e0c5a36fb06266bd28e038c84ccd2857f8cdf4bbd13d251db3"
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 297 (2015) — End Marketing/Sale Unborn Children Body Parts.

## 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/H297v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H297v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H297v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H297v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H297v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **79–29** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burr — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-01** Ch. SL 2015-265 `became-law`
- **2015-10-01** Signed by Gov. 10/1/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-24** Placed On Cal For 09/28/2015
- **2015-09-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-09-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Placed On Cal For 03/30/2015
- **2015-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/38065b24-ce2f-46f3-b502-db2684430b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).