---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Cemetery Act Chges."
description: "NC Cemetery Act Chges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "North Carolina HB 567 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "AVIATION", "CEMETERIES", "CEMETERY COMN.", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87cb580-f86b-4486-b3ac-db90310a2011"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H567&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0322582b047d9bbc508beb1f73080269a379c76000f15e8f9901321619f5ad6b"
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 567 (2015) — NC Cemetery Act Chges.

## 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/H567v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-72-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8059/0/H567-ARO-72-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H567v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H567v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H567v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H567v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H567v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saine — primary (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-83 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-27** Ratified
- **2016-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-22** Engrossed
- **2016-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-13** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-22** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Transportation `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/d87cb580-f86b-4486-b3ac-db90310a2011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).