---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor World War II Veterans."
description: "Honor World War II Veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SJR 720"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 720 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-08-17"
last_action: "2015-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e3bd852-03b3-4efc-bbb8-60f58bf87fe2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S720&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5e4d3ab67bcdb201bb8db3e9e6f430b6b5e37db4381c621a51eaa5bae404dbe9"
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 720 (2015) — Honor World War II Veterans.

## 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/S720v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2015-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Wells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-19** Ch. Res 2015-13 `became-law`
- **2015-08-19** Ratified
- **2015-08-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-18** Added to Calendar
- **2015-08-18** Cal Pursuant 32
- **2015-08-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-08-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-18** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-08-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e3bd852-03b3-4efc-bbb8-60f58bf87fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).