---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Self-Liquidating Projects."
description: "UNC Self-Liquidating Projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "North Carolina SB 872 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-10"
last_action: "2016-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca166aa7-0ea3-41ed-898e-3681cb804412"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S872&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7d140009d367bd11024c6530210c97dec2f9638891c9ca6838470b244c7bf682"
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 872 (2015) — UNC Self-Liquidating Projects.

## 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/S872v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S872v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **109–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-18** Ch. SL 2016-97 `became-law`
- **2016-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 06/30/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-30** Ratified
- **2016-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca166aa7-0ea3-41ed-898e-3681cb804412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).