---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate the Sale of E-Liquid Containers."
description: "Regulate the Sale of E-Liquid Containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "North Carolina SB 286 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SAFETY", "TOBACCO", "CHAPTERED", "TOBACCO PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bingham"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-12"
last_action: "2015-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf382bc-a4bf-4593-a391-4c0145743710"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S286&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e590dec6dc8133f041d10e9a9b7c98d4e31146804700359fdaf93ead5677f241"
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 286 (2015) — Regulate the Sale of E-Liquid Containers.

## 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/S286v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATK-10-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4069/0/S286-ATK-10-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S286v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-08** Ch. SL 2015-141 `became-law`
- **2015-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 06/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-29** Ratified
- **2015-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2015
- **2015-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-10** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-27** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-27** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Commerce and Job Development `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`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf382bc-a4bf-4593-a391-4c0145743710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).