---
type: "Bill"
title: "Respect our Fallen Heroes."
description: "Respect our Fallen Heroes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "North Carolina HB 19 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Hastings", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d339ab6d-a578-4ad2-ba9f-8398a12b3930"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H19&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "387a4c0fc16b55c1f73baf0dd912a35b083c7382192fb102e7ebc95b4b0078b8"
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 19 (2013) — Respect our Fallen Heroes.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H19v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H19v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H19v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H19v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Hastings — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-06** Ch. SL 2013-6 `became-law`
- **2013-03-06** Signed by Gov. 3/6/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-01** Pres. To Gov. 3/1/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-02-28** Ratified
- **2013-02-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-02-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** Rec From House
- **2013-02-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-07** Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
- **2013-02-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d339ab6d-a578-4ad2-ba9f-8398a12b3930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).