---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "North Carolina HB 373 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "NATIONAL ELECTIONS", "CHAPTERED", "PRIMARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brockman", "Riddell", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1458b7bf-2391-4a0d-957d-4922f280c8c4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H373&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3d4999d0efe96dfc8f4578e4b807d01e6c709fcb83e9355aeee6ca246baf15aa"
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 373 (2015) — Elections.

## 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/H373v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H373v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H373v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H373v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H373v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H373v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **52–49** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **30–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brockman — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-09-30** Ch. SL 2015-258 `became-law`
- **2015-09-30** Signed by Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-25** Pres. To Gov. 9/25/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-24** Ratified
- **2015-09-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-02** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-09-01** Placed On Cal For 09/02/2015
- **2015-09-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-14** Re-ref Com On Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1458b7bf-2391-4a0d-957d-4922f280c8c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).