---
type: "Bill"
title: "Felony Death Imp. Boating/Sheyenne's Law."
description: "Felony Death Imp. Boating/Sheyenne's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 958"
citation: "North Carolina HB 958 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATING", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DWI", "FINES & PENALTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ford", "Fraley", "Pittman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-25"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa4da72e-af0d-48b9-8a4e-86c8166cf2ed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H958&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94e503fc183aef3e1a240f012d8300f40fbaea95b7bcfbce37d0ad889836532f"
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 958 (2015) — Felony Death Imp. Boating/Sheyenne's 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/H958v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H958v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H958v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H958v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ford — primary (person)
- Fraley — primary (person)
- Pittman — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Pendleton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-27** Ch. SL 2016-34 `became-law`
- **2016-06-27** Signed by Gov. 6/27/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-16** Ratified
- **2016-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-17** Re-ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-17** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2016-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-11** Placed On Cal For 05/12/2016
- **2016-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa4da72e-af0d-48b9-8a4e-86c8166cf2ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).