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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bi-Partisan Ethics, Elections & Court Reform."
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description: "Bi-Partisan Ethics, Elections & Court Reform."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2015E4"
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identifier: "SB 4"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 4 (2015E4)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "COURT OF APPEALS", "COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "LOBBYING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SPEAKER", "SUPREME COURT", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMN."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rabon", "Rucho"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2016-12-14"
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last_action: "2016-12-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab9ee81-e19b-4b95-8fb1-90e537fccfe5"
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source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015E4&BillID=S4&votesToView=all"
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source_hash: "68737c93c7eb38a42904d9150ecd0100991561223e2723e3a9c0762ba5be3802"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina SB 4 (2015E4) — Bi-Partisan Ethics, Elections & Court Reform.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v0.pdf)
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2. **A1: ALU-1-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/90/0/S4-ALU-1-V-2)
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3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015E4/76/0/S4-A-NBC-1435)
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4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v1.pdf)
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5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v2.pdf)
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6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v3.pdf)
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7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v4.pdf)
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8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v5.pdf)
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9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v6.pdf)
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10. **SL 2016-125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E4/Bills/Senate/PDF/S4v7.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion 9 To Concur — **26–12** (pass) · upper
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- Second Reading — **63–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rabon — primary (person)
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- Rucho — primary (person)
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- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-16** Ch. SL 2016-125 `became-law`
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- **2016-12-16** Signed by Gov. 12/16/2016 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-12-16** Pres. To Gov. 12/16/2016 `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-12-16** Ratified
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- **2016-12-16** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2016-12-16** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-12-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
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- **2016-12-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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- **2016-12-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
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- **2016-12-16** Ordered Engrossed
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- **2016-12-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2016-12-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2016-12-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-12-16** Added to Calendar
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- **2016-12-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2016-12-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-12-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2016-12-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-12-15** Ref to the Com on Elections, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2016-12-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-12-15** Special Message Received From Senate
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- **2016-12-15** Special Message Sent To House
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- **2016-12-15** Engrossed
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- **2016-12-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2016-12-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2016-12-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2016-12-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
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- **2016-12-15** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2016-12-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-12-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2016-12-15** Reptd Fav As Amended, Unengrossed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-12-14** Ref to Redistricting. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2016-12-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2016-12-14** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab9ee81-e19b-4b95-8fb1-90e537fccfe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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