---
type: "Bill"
title: "Epi Pens in All Child-Serving Businesses."
description: "Epi Pens in All Child-Serving Businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "North Carolina HB 647 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "DHHS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "McGrady", "Stevens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e0bb5ce-c94f-4692-a9c5-82cde63f4cae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H647&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2ecae551a72ce842f97e504d1aa428f4eb2b07492cd537c2daf990550829745d"
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 647 (2015) — Epi Pens in All Child-Serving Businesses.

## 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/H647v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H647v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H647v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H647v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H647v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H647v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-20** Ch. SL 2015-274 `became-law`
- **2015-10-20** Signed by Gov. 10/20/2015 `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** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-20** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e0bb5ce-c94f-4692-a9c5-82cde63f4cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).