---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Credit for Time Served."
description: "Clarify Credit for Time Served."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "North Carolina SB 185 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "McKissick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2015-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd27bf9c-e400-4787-a78b-0939251c4873"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S185&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7406b0c4ba8cbd8002153a7149ca46a7c1b448fd9e544e2f7ee963b7dcf22242"
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 185 (2015) — Clarify Credit for Time Served.

## 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/S185v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S185v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S185v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S185v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-25** Ch. SL 2015-229 `became-law`
- **2015-08-25** Signed by Gov. 8/25/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 08/20/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-19** Ratified
- **2015-08-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-13** Postponed To 08/18/2015
- **2015-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/13/2015
- **2015-08-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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
- **2015-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd27bf9c-e400-4787-a78b-0939251c4873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).