---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Counties Sheriff/Food Purchases."
description: "Certain Counties Sheriff/Food Purchases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "North Carolina HB 312 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "JAILS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "LINCOLN COUNTY", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "ORANGE COUNTY", "JONES COUNTY", "HAYWOOD COUNTY", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "MADISON COUNTY", "IREDELL COUNTY", "YANCEY COUNTY", "TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-19"
last_action: "2015-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8159b2-b6f9-4548-a023-1a672fc93649"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H312&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5059242ccf99dfb7622c9c07276fddf77c0ac8763f40f66a5d6f61f1bdf33d81"
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 312 (2015) — Certain Counties Sheriff/Food Purchases.

## 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/H312v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATH-47-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5656/0/H312-ATH-47-V-1)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5684/0/H312-A-NBC-996)
4. **A3: ATH-51-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5687/0/H312-ATH-51-V-3)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H312v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H312v2.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H312v3.pdf)
8. **SL2015-158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H312v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 2 — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 3 — **68–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-23** Ch. SL 2015-158 `became-law`
- **2015-07-23** Ratified
- **2015-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-22** Concurred In S Amend SA3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-22** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-22** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2015
- **2015-07-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/27/2015
- **2015-07-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-07-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-16** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `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** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a8159b2-b6f9-4548-a023-1a672fc93649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).