---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor/Up Amusement Device Penalties."
description: "Labor/Up Amusement Device Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "North Carolina HB 39 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "EXHIBITIONS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "LABOR DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SAFETY", "STUDIES", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65fa4da7-ba75-4c48-84b9-331e5f7e779c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H39&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f2c10d2039437584eb2d6e06768143b1e2fead88aed270062911d3606908f909"
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 39 (2015) — Labor/Up Amusement Device Penalties.

## 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/House/PDF/H39v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATJ-19-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5575/0/H39-ATJ-19-V-1)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/2570/0/H39-A-NBC-825)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v5.pdf)
9. **SL2015-152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H39v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-16** Ch. SL 2015-152 `became-law`
- **2015-07-16** Signed by Gov. 7/16/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-15** Ratified
- **2015-07-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-14** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-13** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2015
- **2015-07-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-01** Engrossed
- **2015-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-31** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-30** Placed On Cal For 03/31/2015
- **2015-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-19** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-04** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary III, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65fa4da7-ba75-4c48-84b9-331e5f7e779c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).