---
type: "Bill"
title: "Plastics Labeling Requirements."
description: "Plastics Labeling Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "North Carolina HB 315 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "SOLID WASTE", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGrady", "Samuelson", "Szoka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b2eaf8f-9095-4053-a721-6810a537fa95"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H315&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1987b661f90e5f3957c3edd7d7c02d798bb9886eb97458fed8af435d758414f8"
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 315 (2013) — Plastics Labeling Requirements.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H315v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H315v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H315v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H315v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H315v4.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGrady — primary (person)
- Samuelson — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McManus — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-74 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-06** Ratified
- **2013-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Rec From House
- **2013-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2013
- **2013-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-17** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Environmental `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Assigned To Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Energy and Emerging Markets `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b2eaf8f-9095-4053-a721-6810a537fa95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).