---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances/Update Precursor List."
description: "Controlled Substances/Update Precursor List."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 659"
citation: "North Carolina HB 659 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED", "JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4218a136-966d-442e-acea-c986863c7c94"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2a942147be140ad8688fc94eb95e10d549720c2668fd60e9eefbbc07cdb01f4"
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 659 (2015) — Controlled Substances/Update Precursor List.

## 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/H659v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALH-2-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4367/0/H659-ALH-2-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H659v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H659v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H659v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-32** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H659v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Horn — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-21** Ch. SL 2015-32 `became-law`
- **2015-05-21** Signed by Gov. 5/21/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-20** Pres. To Gov. 5/20/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-19** Ratified
- **2015-05-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Postponed To 04/28/2015
- **2015-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2015
- **2015-04-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-04-22** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/4218a136-966d-442e-acea-c986863c7c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).