---
type: "Bill"
title: "Observance of Memorial Day."
description: "Observance of Memorial Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HJR 1141"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1141 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "CALENDAR", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HOLIDAYS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blust", "Cleveland", "G. Martin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-19"
last_action: "2016-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2738e66a-7aa7-47d5-9d1a-695f881cea3c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H1141&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cbcf5772cdc5cb3773044c05b02b66e3092f2c84ebc56c53bd46b95d1377d7b"
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 HJR 1141 (2015) — Observance of Memorial Day.

## 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/H1141v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1141v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2016-8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H1141v2.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Blust — primary (person)
- Cleveland — primary (person)
- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-27** Ch. Res 2016-8 `became-law`
- **2016-05-27** Ratified
- **2016-05-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-05-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-24** Placed On Cal For 05/25/2016
- **2016-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2738e66a-7aa7-47d5-9d1a-695f881cea3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).