---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stalking by GPS/Criminal Offense."
description: "Stalking by GPS/Criminal Offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "North Carolina SB 238 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "EVIDENCE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stein"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-10"
last_action: "2015-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3732ce-410d-41ed-be32-5f54f32338fb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S238&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4b2a5ea36c647249c42a1328cbe14a78f82710cbd0a40a238b53dcba6870b63"
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 238 (2015) — Stalking by GPS/Criminal Offense.

## 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/S238v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-84-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6224/0/S238-ATC-84-V-3)
3. **A1: ATJ-7-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3822/0/S238-ATJ-7-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v7.pdf)
11. **SL2015-282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S238v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — primary (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-22** Ch. SL 2015-282 `became-law`
- **2015-10-22** Signed by Gov. 10/22/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-29** Pres. To Gov. 09/29/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-28** Ratified
- **2015-09-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-15** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2015-09-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-09-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-09-03** Placed On Cal For 09/08/2015
- **2015-09-03** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-09-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-02** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-09-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Placed On Cal For 09/02/2015
- **2015-09-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-08-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-29** Placed On Cal For 08/03/2015
- **2015-07-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2015
- **2015-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-16** Engrossed
- **2015-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `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/5e3732ce-410d-41ed-be32-5f54f32338fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).