---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer of Bladen Correctional Facility."
description: "Transfer of Bladen Correctional Facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "North Carolina SB 477 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CRIMES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "HISTORIC SITES & MONUMENTS", "HISTORICAL COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "BLADEN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "STATE PROPERTY", "VANDALISM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b519a4-a195-4e63-92b8-bc99ff5c45e5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S477&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0567837bb8cb157470ac8e54a9f96fb49f979eabdceec1da5f43266a881790ea"
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 477 (2015) — Transfer of Bladen Correctional Facility.

## 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/S477v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-25** Ch. SL 2015-230 `became-law`
- **2015-08-25** Signed by Gov. 8/25/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 08/20/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-19** Ratified
- **2015-08-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-18** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Placed On Cal For 08/18/2015
- **2015-08-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-08-13** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-13** Added to Calendar
- **2015-08-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97b519a4-a195-4e63-92b8-bc99ff5c45e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).