---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mediated Settlement Agreements."
description: "Mediated Settlement Agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "North Carolina HB 597 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Glazier", "Stam"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0320df37-9a65-44f9-acff-7c2e30729279"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H597&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dff8f9bbcf604618ec8c2e8dab99e3463504533511b5e24d54c3f612bd3d9b4e"
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 597 (2015) — Mediated Settlement Agreements.

## 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/H597v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4849/0/H597-ATG-24-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H597v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H597v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H597v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H597v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-04** Ch. SL 2015-57 `became-law`
- **2015-06-04** Signed by Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-27** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2015
- **2015-05-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-05-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Placed On Cal For 05/20/2015
- **2015-05-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-05-12** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2015
- **2015-05-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** 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** Special Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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/0320df37-9a65-44f9-acff-7c2e30729279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).