---
type: "Bill"
title: "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act."
description: "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "North Carolina HB 556 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "STATE TREASURER", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES", "ABLE PROGRAM BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Hanes", "Lambeth"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H556&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "44113bcc4df634e1dbb6265cd009670551f0eca2f42c5a4ef6e4df1ca409c9e7"
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 556 (2015) — Achieving a Better Life Experience 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-78-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5880/0/H556-ATD-78-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H556v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Hanes — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-11** Ch. SL 2015-203 `became-law`
- **2015-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-04** Ratified
- **2015-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-03** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-30** Placed On Cal For 08/03/2015
- **2015-07-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-28** Engrossed
- **2015-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-06-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
- **2015-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).