---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastern Band of Cherokees/Law Enforcement."
description: "Eastern Band of Cherokees/Law Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "North Carolina HB 850 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "COMPANY POLICE", "ABC BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c9426be-e1ac-489f-bd29-e2f987b444fe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H850&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fe18b410c84a57d7f1b9d79e38f7a9ca76aaf50ad12c45ebd141ecc0c6ed2971"
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 850 (2015) — Eastern Band of Cherokees/Law Enforcement.

## 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/H850v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H850v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H850v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H850v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H850v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-23** Ch. SL 2015-287 `became-law`
- **2015-10-23** Signed by Gov. 10/23/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-24** Pres. To Gov. 9/24/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-23** Ratified
- **2015-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** 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/5c9426be-e1ac-489f-bd29-e2f987b444fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).