---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Director of SBI."
description: "Confirm Director of SBI."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SJR 712"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 712 (2015)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "SBI", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/347fb368-58ec-4dd9-a8ad-b9dbc7d51280"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S712&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "000dfd1f5082cf054a2f2ce5b66dd481bb3cc63fc0bb10f629aa0a874af9e85a"
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 SJR 712 (2015) — Confirm Director of SBI.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S712v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S712v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S712v2.pdf)
4. **Res 2015-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S712v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-04-29** Ch. Res 2015-5 `became-law`
- **2015-04-29** Ratified
- **2015-04-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/347fb368-58ec-4dd9-a8ad-b9dbc7d51280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).