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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "GSC People First Language 2019."
+description: "GSC People First Language 2019."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 556"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 556 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INCOMPETENTS", "LANGUAGES", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PSYCHIATRY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "SURPLUS PROPERTY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Hise"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-02"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642e93a5-de99-43a4-98a9-abcb0e8d169d"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S556&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "f6936b695b501609745bfc8c01de792c7dbbe0a5d06666d47928863cd8fd842e"
+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 556 (2019) — GSC People First Language 2019.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S556v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: AMN-5-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4981/0/S556-AMN-5-V-4)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v3.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v4.pdf)
+7. **SL 2019-76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- A1 Davis Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Hise — primary (person)
+- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-07-01** Ch. SL 2019-76 `became-law`
+- **2019-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2019 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-26** Ratified
+- **2019-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2019-06-25** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2019-06-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2019-06-20** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2019-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2019
+- **2019-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2019-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-30** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/642e93a5-de99-43a4-98a9-abcb0e8d169d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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