---
type: "Bill"
title: "Graffiti Vandalism."
description: "Graffiti Vandalism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "North Carolina HB 552 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "VANDALISM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Brown", "Glazier", "McGrady"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ba6472-b4cc-4beb-9aae-c29f13b0dc60"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H552&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "23d2b093b3b59145adddd4601d670d22c0b94ba3d582d984f7bdddd170176a9f"
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 552 (2015) — Graffiti Vandalism.

## 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/H552v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-41-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5025/0/H552-ASA-41-V-2)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3575/0/H552-A-NBC-845)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H552v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H552v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H552v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H552v4.pdf)
8. **SL2015-72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H552v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **98–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Brown — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-72 `became-law`
- **2015-06-11** Signed by Gov. 6/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-02** Ratified
- **2015-06-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-01** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-01** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-28** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-05-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/26/2015
- **2015-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Judiciary II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ba6472-b4cc-4beb-9aae-c29f13b0dc60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).