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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Freedom to Work/OLB Reform."
+description: "Freedom to Work/OLB Reform."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 770"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 770 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPRENTICESHIPS", "BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "Bell", "Stevens"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-15"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec19dfa4-8761-4914-9f07-bbccb326adcc"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H770&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "dc539223643b82704f0e800ed7f1f4fcc80171bfa9065838b48529692d81b1aa"
+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 770 (2019) — Freedom to Work/OLB Reform.
+
+## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ABH-26-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5095/0/H770-ABH-26-V-1)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v3.pdf)
+6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v4.pdf)
+7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v5.pdf)
+8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v6.pdf)
+9. **SL 2019-91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Jones — primary (person)
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Grange — cosponsor (person)
+- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
+- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
+- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-91 `became-law`
+- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-27** Ratified
+- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2019-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
+- **2019-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2019-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2019-06-26** Engrossed
+- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-11** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2019-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
+- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2019-05-02** Added to Calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
+- **2019-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2019-04-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec19dfa4-8761-4914-9f07-bbccb326adcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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