---
type: "Bill"
title: "State of the State."
description: "State of the State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SJR 4"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 4 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-01-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95cb3559-0838-4fba-81dd-c98e304427ed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f050d3473aab22474539c3d5680f1daf7025493291b9d080cf1a0153b3fee34c"
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 SJR 4 (2015) — State of the State.

## 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/S4v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2015-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-29** Ch. Res 2015-2 `became-law`
- **2015-01-29** Ratified
- **2015-01-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-01-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-01-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-01-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-01-28** Cal Pursuant 32
- **2015-01-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2015-01-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-01-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-01-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-01-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-01-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95cb3559-0838-4fba-81dd-c98e304427ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).