---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act."
description: "Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015E2"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2 (2015E2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "BIDS & BIDDING", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "DISCRIMINATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LGBT ISSUES", "HUMAN RELATIONS COMN.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINIMUM WAGE", "MINORITIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Howard", "Stam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-03-23"
last_action: "2016-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baebad3e-feb5-48a1-89bb-c0920bd1da77"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015E2&BillID=H2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3477e1cda4bbc02fc67772f3b50dbad7e81f4310ba0b8b18d54e792566d0626b"
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 HB 2 (2015E2) — Public Facilities Privacy & Security 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/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v0.pdf)
2. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E2/12/0/H2-A-NBC-1222)
3. **A4: ATC-1-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E2/13/0/H2-ATC-1-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v3.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-23** Ch. SL 2016-3 `became-law`
- **2016-03-23** Signed by Gov. 3/23/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-03-23** Pres. To Gov. 3/23/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-03-23** Ratified
- **2016-03-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-03-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-03-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-23** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-03-23** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-03-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-03-23** Ordered Engrossed
- **2016-03-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-03-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-23** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-23** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-23** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2016-03-23** Amend Tabled A1
- **2016-03-23** Added to Calendar
- **2016-03-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baebad3e-feb5-48a1-89bb-c0920bd1da77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).