---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect North Carolina Workers Act."
description: "Protect North Carolina Workers Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 318"
citation: "North Carolina HB 318 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CITIZENSHIP", "CONTRACTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "ID SYSTEMS", "IMMIGRATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LABOR DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MIGRANT WORKERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ALIENS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Millis", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-19"
last_action: "2015-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d51a18-4a3d-45e8-adc4-829d1771b2c4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H318&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ddd670da9546b32cfd83452a6f24a2a8bd423da98f3d08721c5b20d42035ca1f"
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 318 (2015) — Protect North Carolina Workers Act.

## 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/H318v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMD-75-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6403/0/H318-AMD-75-V-2)
3. **A2: AMD-77-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6406/0/H318-AMD-77-V-2)
4. **A4: AMD-82-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6468/0/H318-AMD-82-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v5.pdf)
10. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v6.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v7.pdf)
12. **SL2015-294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H318v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **70–43** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **28–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-29** Ch. SL 2015-294 `became-law`
- **2015-10-29** Signed by Gov. 10/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-28** Engrossed
- **2015-09-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-28** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-09-28** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-24** Engrossed
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-24** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-09-24** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2015
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Judiciary IV `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/c1d51a18-4a3d-45e8-adc4-829d1771b2c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).