---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Subdiv. Streets/Traffic Calming Devices."
description: "Study Subdiv. Streets/Traffic Calming Devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 581"
citation: "North Carolina SB 581 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "STUDIES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9fff7e-6604-4741-849c-f11d38bd2935"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "be45754b7658ac45473b9464a06d4878b5681e759699dfd4f9eb4bacd0842eac"
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 581 (2015) — Study Subdiv. Streets/Traffic Calming Devices.

## 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/S581v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S581v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S581v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S581v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S581v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-18** Ch. SL 2015-217 `became-law`
- **2015-08-18** Signed by Gov. 8/18/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 08/11/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-10** Ratified
- **2015-08-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-06** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-04** Placed On Cal For 08/06/2015
- **2015-08-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2015
- **2015-08-03** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-07-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-07-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-28** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2015
- **2015-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** 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** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9fff7e-6604-4741-849c-f11d38bd2935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).