---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historic Artifact Mgt. and Patriotism Act."
description: "Historic Artifact Mgt. and Patriotism Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "North Carolina SB 22 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "FLAGS", "HISTORICAL COMN.", "MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS", "MUSEUMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soucek", "Tucker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d257e4-46c5-4639-9006-7c1b5aacf30d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S22&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d396ce24f5b21f2766389563e662dc2f5e822ecd7402ea0b29a14894f1d34da"
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 22 (2015) — Historic Artifact Mgt. and Patriotism Act.

## 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/S22v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-53-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4070/0/S22-AMM-53-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Table the Motion to Re-Ref Third Reading — **67–41** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **70–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soucek — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-23** Ch. SL 2015-170 `became-law`
- **2015-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 07/23/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-22** Ratified
- **2015-07-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-21** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-07-21** Amend Tabled A4
- **2015-07-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-20** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-07-20** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-07-20** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/20/2015
- **2015-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-01** Re-ref Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-27** Ref to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-22** Engrossed
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-04** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** 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/e2d257e4-46c5-4639-9006-7c1b5aacf30d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).