---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fund Sm Business/DOR Rulings/City Rt of Way."
description: "Fund Sm Business/DOR Rulings/City Rt of Way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "North Carolina SB 481 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INVESTMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SECURITIES", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Hise"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45ac6edf-a01a-4490-9bc8-3f608cf753ae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S481&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "51e91947969a8ffe0aa67b1279810fb897342f309bc215e3476f55b082c0e790"
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 481 (2015) — Fund Sm Business/DOR Rulings/City Rt of Way.

## 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/S481v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-130-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/7991/0/S481-ARB-130-V-1)
3. **A1: ATM-44-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8107/0/S481-ATM-44-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2016-103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Hise — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-22** Ch. SL 2016-103 `became-law`
- **2016-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2016
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2016-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2016
- **2016-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2016-06-20** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-20** Engrossed
- **2016-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2016
- **2016-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-15** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `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/45ac6edf-a01a-4490-9bc8-3f608cf753ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).