---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic Expunction/Mistaken Identity."
description: "Automatic Expunction/Mistaken Identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "North Carolina SB 233 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FRAUD", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bingham", "McKissick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-10"
last_action: "2015-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c425d0f3-e2b5-4ebb-9205-7777639800ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S233&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e06f3a9eacff353d2a5912929277a02e2b108a57695f86e3a6ef1401f31d9efa"
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 233 (2015) — Automatic Expunction/Mistaken Identity.

## 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/S233v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S233v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S233v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S233v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith-Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-06** Ch. SL 2015-202 `became-law`
- **2015-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 07/31/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Ratified
- **2015-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2015
- **2015-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** Placed On Cal For 04/14/2015
- **2015-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c425d0f3-e2b5-4ebb-9205-7777639800ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).