---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Report Admissibility."
description: "Clarify Report Admissibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "North Carolina HB 59 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LABORATORIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "FORENSIC SCIENCES", "STATE CRIME LAB"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Stam"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c8f45a4-87d9-4dee-b199-9b15809e35b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H59&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4fdd833a9a74e4d3158a37ca61dea0acdab53ee5fa5bc76414587bf4f972ae06"
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 59 (2015) — Clarify Report Admissibility.

## 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/H59v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H59v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H59v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H59v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H59v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H59v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **102–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-31** Ch. SL 2015-173 `became-law`
- **2015-07-31** Signed by Gov. 7/31/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2015
- **2015-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-14** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2015
- **2015-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2015
- **2015-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** 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
- **2015-03-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** Placed On Cal For 03/09/2015
- **2015-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/2c8f45a4-87d9-4dee-b199-9b15809e35b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).