republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015/hb-556.md

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Bill	Achieving a Better Life Experience Act.	Achieving a Better Life Experience Act.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2015	HB 556	North Carolina HB 556 (2015)	bill	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	enacted	Avila Hanes Lambeth	8	30	2	2015-04-02	2015-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H556&votesToView=all	44113bcc4df634e1dbb6265cd009670551f0eca2f42c5a4ef6e4df1ca409c9e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. A1: ATD-78-V-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
7. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
8. SL2015-203 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/46b63d09-31f0-4ad7-8d8c-2ca80372e42f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).