---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Experience/LEO Cert. Requirements."
description: "Military Experience/LEO Cert. Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 595"
citation: "North Carolina HB 595 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "McNeill", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e09c12-27af-4240-ae36-19e1219ec956"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H595&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c0c0086b419e15cb831deb3e81bb3ee45ce09a0b82498f27b01ac41193ada249"
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 595 (2015) — Military Experience/LEO Cert. Requirements.

## 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/H595v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3812/0/H595-ATG-14-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H595v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H595v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H595v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H595v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H595v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- G. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-03** Ch. SL 2015-49 `became-law`
- **2015-06-03** Signed by Gov. 6/3/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-26** Ratified
- **2015-05-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-05-21** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-05-21** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-18** Placed On Cal For 05/20/2015
- **2015-05-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** 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/24e09c12-27af-4240-ae36-19e1219ec956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).