---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reserve & Nat. Guard/Military Affairs Comm."
description: "Reserve & Nat. Guard/Military Affairs Comm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 558"
citation: "North Carolina HB 558 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ARMED FORCES", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "MILITARY AFFAIRS COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin", "Pendleton", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e71b079-1fef-41bb-a00f-82caead4e5b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H558&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ddd871c7d25a278d95106d11d94328c21f485dcfdf2f98ec6dbb757937563a33"
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 558 (2015) — Reserve & Nat. Guard/Military Affairs Comm.

## 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/H558v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H558v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H558v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H558v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H558v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Pendleton — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-30** Ch. SL 2015-297 `became-law`
- **2015-10-30** Signed by Gov. 10/30/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `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/2e71b079-1fef-41bb-a00f-82caead4e5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).