---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot Project/Used Needle Disposal."
description: "Pilot Project/Used Needle Disposal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 712"
citation: "North Carolina HB 712 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "NARCOTICS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SBI", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Faircloth", "Horn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70432d4f-7ffe-43c7-bb31-511668174bd7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H712&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "10cb4ec41a9210718060c92bd6bc3d3a4ddb01707689c0831aed630964faf8a0"
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 712 (2015) — Pilot Project/Used Needle Disposal.

## 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/H712v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H712v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H712v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H712v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H712v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-22** Ch. SL 2015-284 `became-law`
- **2015-10-22** Signed by Gov. 10/22/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-21** Ratified
- **2015-09-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70432d4f-7ffe-43c7-bb31-511668174bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).