---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries Located on State Property."
description: "Cemeteries Located on State Property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "North Carolina SB 379 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "STATE PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bingham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d363cf9-1a59-40ef-835a-a1254294b225"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S379&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b8fbe5cc6fbf8adbd0b262d769604c93de3a6c617aeaeb14e1ce55b4b84c39dc"
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 379 (2015) — Cemeteries Located on State Property.

## 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/S379v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — primary (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-22** Ch. SL 2015-285 `became-law`
- **2015-10-22** Signed by Gov. 10/22/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 09/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-28** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-24** Placed On Cal For 09/28/2015
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-08-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-18** Placed On Cal For 08/19/2015
- **2015-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-08-13** Re-ref Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-08-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-08-11** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Appropriations `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`
- **2015-03-26** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d363cf9-1a59-40ef-835a-a1254294b225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).