---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance Law Changes."
description: "Unemployment Insurance Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "North Carolina SB 15 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8269abae-d7e5-4032-b096-811762508e7b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S15&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0bfd313b6881b6740711a1845a4aa7d17c53193ac266c07f4fb060d88b86e5c5"
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 SB 15 (2015) — Unemployment Insurance Law Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S15v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v5.pdf)
7. **SL2015-238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S15v6.pdf)

## Votes

- For Concurrence Third Reading — **36–7** (pass) · upper
- For Concurrence Second Reading — **38–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-09-10** Ch. SL 2015-238 `became-law`
- **2015-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 09/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-31** Ratified
- **2015-08-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-27** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2015-08-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2015-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2015
- **2015-08-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-24** Placed On Cal For 08/25/2015
- **2015-08-24** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2015-08-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-08-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-08-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-20** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-08-19** Placed On Cal For 08/20/2015
- **2015-08-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-17** Placed On Cal For 08/19/2015
- **2015-08-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-13** Placed On Cal For 08/18/2015
- **2015-08-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/13/2015
- **2015-08-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-11** Placed On Cal For 08/12/2015
- **2015-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-08-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-23** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-02-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-02-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-02-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-02-17** Placed On Cal For 02/18/2015
- **2015-02-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-02-12** Placed On Cal For 02/17/2015
- **2015-02-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-02-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-02-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-10** Sequential Referral To Information Technology Stricken
- **2015-02-09** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8269abae-d7e5-4032-b096-811762508e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).