---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault on National Guard Member."
description: "Assault on National Guard Member."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 691"
citation: "North Carolina HB 691 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "ASSAULT", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pendleton", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d998c7e9-36e8-463c-bbd0-8292bc126e03"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H691&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce781c38ec59a05dfeae2bfd3b6625478666d236c2b4f0e46012da013fb1d7d0"
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 691 (2015) — Assault on National Guard Member.

## 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/H691v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H691v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H691v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H691v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H691v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pendleton — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-74 `became-law`
- **2015-06-11** Signed by Gov. 6/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-02** Ratified
- **2015-06-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2015
- **2015-05-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-27** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-05-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/26/2015
- **2015-05-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, 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/d998c7e9-36e8-463c-bbd0-8292bc126e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).