---
type: "Bill"
title: "State IT Contracts/Contractor Liability."
description: "State IT Contracts/Contractor Liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 792"
citation: "North Carolina SB 792 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarte"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-28"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4f7df13-344d-4d97-9810-b9909fbead85"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S792&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d78b8e244c199085a9ead63175c42faa6263fb4dfcc172927c5dfb9a017cb342"
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 792 (2015) — State IT Contracts/Contractor Liability.

## 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/S792v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S792v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S792v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S792v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S792v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2016-85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S792v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarte — primary (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-85 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 06/27/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-27** Ratified
- **2016-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-24** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2016
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2016
- **2016-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-05-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-16** Re-ref Com On Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4f7df13-344d-4d97-9810-b9909fbead85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).