---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Code Reform."
description: "Juvenile Code Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 879"
citation: "North Carolina HB 879 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EVIDENCE", "JUVENILE CODE", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Jordan", "McGrady"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de21d856-eb1e-4e24-9781-33d56ddae871"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H879&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "46924c33e53dfb51bdd9fdcbe5e1ad8c6785f804a95affcd597c0d805005c075"
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 879 (2015) — Juvenile Code Reform.

## 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/H879v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-36-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4758/0/H879-ASA-36-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H879v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H879v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H879v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-58** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H879v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-04** Ch. SL 2015-58 `became-law`
- **2015-06-04** Signed by Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-26** Ratified
- **2015-05-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-21** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-20** Placed On Cal For 05/21/2015
- **2015-05-18** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2015-05-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-11** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2015
- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** 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 II `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/de21d856-eb1e-4e24-9781-33d56ddae871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).