---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restoring Proper Justice Act."
description: "Restoring Proper Justice Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "North Carolina HB 774 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6776af3-bb0a-493d-8a66-cc56c2dd05d0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H774&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7483d330c85c6160f734b31ad0434ba75caa1a1eecafef35c4745bb58840a2c3"
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 774 (2015) — Restoring Proper Justice Act.

## 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/H774v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATJ-30-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5875/0/H774-ATJ-30-V-1)
3. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4576/0/H774-A-NBC-891)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v6.pdf)
10. **SL2015-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H774v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **74–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-198 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Ratified
- **2015-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2015
- **2015-07-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-27** Engrossed
- **2015-07-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-27** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-07-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-23** 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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-29** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-29** Amendment Withdrawn A1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2015-04-28** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2015
- **2015-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/c6776af3-bb0a-493d-8a66-cc56c2dd05d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).