---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supreme Court Sessions in Morganton."
description: "Supreme Court Sessions in Morganton."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "North Carolina SB 161 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COURTS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "BURKE COUNTY", "MORGANTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b9587a-649e-4e57-a68e-7f9c078154ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S161&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8056ca2ee3262bc4c4b40efc9c124a37f9d891894601abc82e3bd047d975cd5"
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 161 (2015) — Supreme Court Sessions in Morganton.

## 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/S161v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S161v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S161v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S161v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-19** Ch. SL 2015-89 `became-law`
- **2015-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 06/12/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-11** Ratified
- **2015-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-10** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-03-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-03-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b9587a-649e-4e57-a68e-7f9c078154ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).