---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Sign Ordinance in Cities."
description: "County Sign Ordinance in Cities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "North Carolina HB 544 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SIGNS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brawley", "Horn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2015-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dad3461-20dd-4dc8-8ee7-e980321ab6df"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H544&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "83df2f2273c9d13453f8a0e80ba99522142a6f39650459939ea650b5dd1dac26"
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 544 (2015) — County Sign Ordinance in Cities.

## 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/H544v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H544v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **106–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brawley — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-23** Ch. SL 2015-166 `became-law`
- **2015-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-22** Ratified
- **2015-07-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-20** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2015
- **2015-07-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2015
- **2015-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-11** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** 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/3dad3461-20dd-4dc8-8ee7-e980321ab6df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).