---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exclude Yr-Round Track-Out Program/Child Care."
description: "Exclude Yr-Round Track-Out Program/Child Care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "North Carolina HB 474 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DAY CARE", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MINORS", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STUDENTS", "CHAPTERED", "YOUTH PROGRAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobson", "Hardister", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2016-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d38347-7ab1-44fb-82fe-94fabf9eb2a0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H474&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "737a372bf16ac56bb0d9725fddfbe09816c6c8af6a7847226bbaf514bc32e026"
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 474 (2015) — Exclude Yr-Round Track-Out Program/Child Care.

## 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/H474v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H474v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–6** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dobson — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-01** Ch. SL 2016-7 `became-law`
- **2016-06-01** Signed by Gov. 6/1/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-25** Pres. To Gov. 5/25/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-25** Ratified
- **2016-05-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-05-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-23** Placed On Cal For 05/24/2016
- **2016-05-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-05-18** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-05-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-12** Placed On Cal For 05/17/2016
- **2016-05-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-05-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-09** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d38347-7ab1-44fb-82fe-94fabf9eb2a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).