---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital Records Integrity Act."
description: "Vital Records Integrity Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 82"
citation: "North Carolina SB 82 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEEDS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "VITAL RECORDS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f2663e-cab8-4c2d-a8cf-79b738f32f6b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S82&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b0a5f73ad13ea926f9f6d2751f9d4f3a2eab7cfed67df69d11b72438bfb18287"
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 82 (2015) — Vital Records Integrity Act.

## 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/S82v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-2-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/879/0/S82-ARO-2-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S82v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S82v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S82v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S82v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S82v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-197 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 07/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-03-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-03-10** Engrossed
- **2015-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76f2663e-cab8-4c2d-a8cf-79b738f32f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).