---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contempt for 50C/Scope of Stay for Appeals."
description: "Contempt for 50C/Scope of Stay for Appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "North Carolina HB 79 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Stevens", "Zachary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8985e563-0f92-44cf-b75e-4cfdc9f7168b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H79&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f87a65c83bac4dc0acf04f5aa67b49a43b854e919ab56008a4f34f337ca64b78"
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 79 (2015) — Contempt for 50C/Scope of Stay for Appeals.

## 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/H79v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H79v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H79v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H79v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H79v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-21** Ch. SL 2015-25 `became-law`
- **2015-05-21** Signed by Gov. 5/21/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-15** Pres. To Gov. 5/15/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-14** Ratified
- **2015-05-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Added to Calendar
- **2015-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8985e563-0f92-44cf-b75e-4cfdc9f7168b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).