---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court of Appeals Election Modifications."
description: "Court of Appeals Election Modifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "North Carolina HB 8 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT OF APPEALS", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iler", "Jones", "R. Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/029a1708-a1f6-4bec-9adb-80d79e935b2b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H8&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0148f961fd551f2f60bfde7d14f6937e4b8636342a34cded4b77b27fecd5d3b"
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 8 (2015) — Court of Appeals Election Modifications.

## 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/H8v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H8v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H8v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H8v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H8v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **70–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iler — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- R. Brown — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-29** Ch. SL 2015-292 `became-law`
- **2015-10-29** Signed by Gov. 10/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2015
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-01-29** Ref To Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2015-01-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/029a1708-a1f6-4bec-9adb-80d79e935b2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).