---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate State CIO as Secretary of Dept."
description: "Designate State CIO as Secretary of Dept."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 814"
citation: "North Carolina SB 814 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarte"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-04"
last_action: "2016-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04004a82-cfe0-409b-a4ec-706f09e76fe8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S814&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e50603145f2a14fb38ef931a9d80a747ac194a52f4cb545e2891be427673e8bf"
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 814 (2015) — Designate State CIO as Secretary of Dept.

## 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/S814v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S814v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-18** Ch. SL 2016-96 `became-law`
- **2016-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 07/01/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2016
- **2016-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-16** Re-ref Com On Information Technology `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04004a82-cfe0-409b-a4ec-706f09e76fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).