---
type: "Bill"
title: "In-State Tuition For Certain Vets/Fed Prog."
description: "In-State Tuition For Certain Vets/Fed Prog."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "North Carolina SB 478 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "UNC", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Rabon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06360155-1b02-4f8a-998c-c0d35ec35c0c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S478&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5715ebfca8531271bbe1cfa468d6985d24edcceaff0b2c9c3f02005ec740fced"
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 478 (2015) — In-State Tuition For Certain Vets/Fed Prog.

## 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/S478v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S478v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S478v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S478v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S478v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S478v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Rabon — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-24** Ch. SL 2015-116 `became-law`
- **2015-06-24** Signed by Gov. 6/24/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 06/23/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-23** Ratified
- **2015-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-23** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
- **2015-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-06-18** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-18** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-06-17** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2015-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2015
- **2015-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-12** Re-ref Com On Education - Universities `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-12** 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`
- **2015-04-27** Sequential Referral To Appropriations/Base Budget Stricken
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `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/06360155-1b02-4f8a-998c-c0d35ec35c0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).