---
type: "Bill"
title: "Port Usage Contracts/Public Records."
description: "Port Usage Contracts/Public Records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "North Carolina SB 299 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PORTS", "PORTS AUTHORITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2015-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e051f43b-2e83-457c-a3c0-9d745e94b3f3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S299&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a0acee7db6c8f5f31e357406a209cb8ff519430813421088f062d17f401eae2"
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 299 (2015) — Port Usage Contracts/Public Records.

## 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/S299v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S299v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S299v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S299v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-08** Ch. SL 2015-142 `became-law`
- **2015-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 07/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-30** Ratified
- **2015-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2015
- **2015-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-03** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e051f43b-2e83-457c-a3c0-9d745e94b3f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).