republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015/sb-14.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acad. Standards/Rules Review/Coal Ash/Funds."
description: "Acad. Standards/Rules Review/Coal Ash/Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "North Carolina SB 14 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "CURRICULUM", "DEQ", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMN.", "COAL ASH COMN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Harrington"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a45980-461c-4b49-aa89-6baef17e36e4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S14&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0e2e240764931effca34d2fb5bbef010b8187cdffe8a39b6656de67d401f6305"
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 SB 14 (2015) — Acad. Standards/Rules Review/Coal Ash/Funds.

## 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/S14v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/554/0/S14-A-NBC-781)
3. **A2: ATR-1-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/540/0/S14-ATR-1-V-8)
4. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/549/0/S14-A-NBC-780)
5. **A4: ASB-5-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/548/0/S14-ASB-5-V-1)
6. **A5: ASB-7-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/583/0/S14-ASB-7-V-1)
7. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v1.pdf)
8. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v2.pdf)
9. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v3.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v4.pdf)
11. **SL2015-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S14v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Harrington — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-04-13** Ch. SL 2015-7 `became-law`
- **2015-04-13** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2015-04-01** Pres. To Gov. 04/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-01** Ratified
- **2015-03-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-03-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-03-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-03-26** Added to Calendar
- **2015-03-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-03-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-03-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-03-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-03-05** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2015-03-04** Placed On Cal For 03/05/2015
- **2015-03-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-03-04** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-03-04** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-03-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-03** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-03-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-03** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-03** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-03-03** Amend Recon A3
- **2015-03-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-02** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-02** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-02** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-02-27** Placed On Cal For 03/02/2015
- **2015-02-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-02-24** Postponed To 03/03/2015
- **2015-02-19** Placed On Cal For 02/24/2015
- **2015-02-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-02-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-09** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-02-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-02-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-02-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-02-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-02** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39a45980-461c-4b49-aa89-6baef17e36e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).