---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Exhibit of Fireworks/NCSU."
description: "Public Exhibit of Fireworks/NCSU."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 55"
citation: "North Carolina HB 55 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EXPLOSIVES", "FIREWORKS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "WAKE COUNTY", "RALEIGH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollar", "Langdon", "Ross"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94395aa-c20e-48bc-a638-fa21f5837861"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H55&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "28ce5d92eb937b4f2676db71ee36e41d93e155cfaf0831a268eecf04190e31d4"
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 55 (2015) — Public Exhibit of Fireworks/NCSU.

## 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/H55v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H55v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H55v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H55v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dollar — primary (person)
- Langdon — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-29** Ch. SL 2015-124 `became-law`
- **2015-06-29** Signed by Gov. 6/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-25** Ratified
- **2015-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-01** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/10/2015
- **2015-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-09** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d94395aa-c20e-48bc-a638-fa21f5837861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).