---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procedure for Waiver of Jury Trial."
description: "Procedure for Waiver of Jury Trial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "North Carolina HB 215 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "JUDGES", "JURIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan", "Floyd", "Stevens"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-11"
last_action: "2015-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e2188d-b5c9-4326-bc99-53e18ffffc70"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H215&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f811c1b878d164129b517bf2eba029d18ee1a4378898542b9d7cf571ba04177f"
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 215 (2015) — Procedure for Waiver of Jury Trial.

## 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/H215v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/2839/0/H215-A-NBC-839)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/2857/0/H215-A-NBC-840)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v6.pdf)
10. **SL2015-289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H215v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Floyd — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-29** Ch. SL 2015-289 `became-law`
- **2015-10-29** Signed by Gov. 10/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-24** Placed On Cal For 09/28/2015
- **2015-09-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-24** Placed On Cal For 09/28/2015
- **2015-09-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-08-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-07-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-07-30** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-07-30** Added to Calendar
- **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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-01** Placed On Cal For 04/02/2015
- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8e2188d-b5c9-4326-bc99-53e18ffffc70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).