republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015/hb-242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Charter School Law Changes."
description: "Various Charter School Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "North Carolina HB 242 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ATTORNEYS", "BOARDS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "ETHICS", "FRAUD", "JURIES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LEASING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SEX OFFENSES", "TITLE CHANGE", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS ADVISORY BOARD", "BRIBERY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-16"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a4593f-0b37-4a1c-8a78-b39d2d029609"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H242&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "749b1c16d0d116f825835db1a2671455f6bf228b0ec20670a69250294f031c20"
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 242 (2015) — Various Charter School Law Changes.

## 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/H242v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARN-1-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/1761/0/H242-ARN-1-V-4)
3. **A1: ARQ-66-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/7807/0/H242-ARQ-66-V-1)
4. **A2: ARQ-67-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/7830/0/H242-ARQ-67-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2016-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H242v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-79 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-28** Ratified
- **2016-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2016
- **2016-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2016
- **2016-06-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-14** Engrossed
- **2016-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-14** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2016
- **2016-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-31** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-26** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-03-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2015
- **2015-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-19** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2015-03-17** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28a4593f-0b37-4a1c-8a78-b39d2d029609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).