---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify County Comm Oath Filing."
description: "Clarify County Comm Oath Filing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 71"
citation: "North Carolina HB 71 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OATHS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6869e3e3-200b-4a64-84c3-a941bb113ed3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H71&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "409b86f3b588274a016afed8e8e63bf406189226d5f4d4e1714a5782a83be9bb"
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 71 (2015) — Clarify County Comm Oath Filing.

## 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/H71v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H71v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H71v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H71v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-21** Ch. SL 2015-24 `became-law`
- **2015-05-21** Signed by Gov. 5/21/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-14** Pres. To Gov. 5/14/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-13** Ratified
- **2015-05-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/10/2015
- **2015-03-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-12** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6869e3e3-200b-4a64-84c3-a941bb113ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).