---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrates Recusal for Civil Ceremonies."
description: "Magistrates Recusal for Civil Ceremonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DEEDS", "LGBT ISSUES", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MAGISTRATES", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "VETOED", "CHAPTERED", "VETO OVERRIDDEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdf33341-7344-4f1a-a863-cf980cf06596"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "056d98d5ba34d52907fa46effda36ce6646ec5fc5bb503501caec2fc3bc596c8"
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 2 (2015) — Magistrates Recusal for Civil Ceremonies.

## 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/S2v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M4 Previous Question Veto Override — **68–42** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **69–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wade — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-75 `became-law`
- **2015-06-11** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2015-06-02** Placed On Cal For 06/03/2015
- **2015-06-02** Veto Received From Senate
- **2015-06-01** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-05-29** Vetoed 05/28/2015 `executive-veto`
- **2015-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 05/28/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-02-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-02-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-02-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-02-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-02-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdf33341-7344-4f1a-a863-cf980cf06596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).