---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waive Tuition/Fallen Officer Was Guardian."
description: "Waive Tuition/Fallen Officer Was Guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "North Carolina SB 37 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "DEATH & DYING", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "GUARDIANSHIP", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-04"
last_action: "2015-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca35e2f-6d91-414b-89e9-778b56fb2fa1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S37&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "638c40c4dfc4619444c2102a99deff60a6e1ab9c9d85d160f53ffd93d3f1aa47"
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 37 (2015) — Waive Tuition/Fallen Officer Was Guardian.

## 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/S37v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-30** Ch. SL 2015-296 `became-law`
- **2015-10-30** Signed by Gov. 10/30/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 09/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-08-05** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-10** Ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-09** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-03-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-03-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-09** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca35e2f-6d91-414b-89e9-778b56fb2fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).