---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Statutes Governing Bail Bondsmen."
description: "Amend Statutes Governing Bail Bondsmen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "North Carolina HB 446 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "BAIL", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "EMPLOYMENT", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "R. Turner", "Wray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-31"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364f7271-f097-4252-9df2-4d123139c978"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H446&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2088dd80171a8eca8bcf968195beccb62a25c54e5bea661e1041f214bf643731"
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 446 (2015) — Amend Statutes Governing Bail Bondsmen.

## 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/H446v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H446v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H446v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H446v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H446v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-180 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-28** Ratified
- **2015-07-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2015
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364f7271-f097-4252-9df2-4d123139c978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).