---
type: "Bill"
title: "The William C. Lindley, Jr. SUDEP Law."
description: "The William C. Lindley, Jr. SUDEP Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 814"
citation: "North Carolina HB 814 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "INVESTIGATIONS", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riddell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2457c74b-e55e-4bd5-8564-35e6910d1dcb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H814&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f331e1612a44431a72a692a483458f9e37e865e624b54ffbfa9cf1e0c3c7e8ad"
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 814 (2015) — The William C. Lindley, Jr. SUDEP Law.

## 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/H814v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-13-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5884/0/H814-ASH-13-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H814v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riddell — primary (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-11** Ch. SL 2015-211 `became-law`
- **2015-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-04** Ratified
- **2015-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-30** Placed On Cal For 08/03/2015
- **2015-07-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-28** Engrossed
- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-20** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2015
- **2015-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **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/2457c74b-e55e-4bd5-8564-35e6910d1dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).