---
type: "Bill"
title: "Map Act/Clarifications."
description: "Map Act/Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "North Carolina SB 654 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7e679a-234f-48ad-abeb-b6339f56f9ae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S654&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47af1de3585d4a9d5c2fbbb6f8ba4d43b55e1f774136aea077ffbc61ba7dcd07"
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 654 (2015) — Map Act/Clarifications.

## 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/S654v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-16** Ch. SL 2015-151 `became-law`
- **2015-07-16** Signed by Gov. 7/16/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 07/16/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-15** Ratified
- **2015-07-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-14** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2015
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2015
- **2015-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-03** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-03** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/be7e679a-234f-48ad-abeb-b6339f56f9ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).