---
type: "Bill"
title: "Party Exec. Comm./Fill Vacancy/Washington Cty."
description: "Party Exec. Comm./Fill Vacancy/Washington Cty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "North Carolina SB 258 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "WASHINGTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-11"
last_action: "2015-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77948c10-e084-4ff5-8042-0e33b1dacae3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S258&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "054610636e9aae39785d8e80b375004503eaf321e50027586defcd19032bc854"
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 258 (2015) — Party Exec. Comm./Fill Vacancy/Washington Cty.

## 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/S258v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S258v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S258v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S258v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S258v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith-Ingram — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-09-28** Ch. SL 2015-251 `became-law`
- **2015-09-28** Ratified
- **2015-09-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-24** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-09-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Elections `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77948c10-e084-4ff5-8042-0e33b1dacae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).