---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-Pay JDIG Job Cap Modification."
description: "High-Pay JDIG Job Cap Modification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "North Carolina SB 820 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newton", "Tillman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-11-27"
last_action: "2018-12-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d67340e-ce47-421d-8d83-f8ee96a8cb65"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S820&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19c74438e2a9418301fb3b28fc8d0226a5f8b8e0192c1ea343604d33b0db1ddb"
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 820 (2017) — High-Pay JDIG Job Cap Modification.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2018-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **78–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newton — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Ch. SL 2018-137 `became-law`
- **2018-12-03** Signed by Gov. 12/3/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-12-03** Pres. To Gov. 12/3/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-03** Ratified
- **2018-11-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-11-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-11-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-11-29** Added to Calendar
- **2018-11-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-11-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-11-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-11-28** Placed On Cal For 11/29/2018
- **2018-11-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-11-28** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-11-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-11-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-11-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-11-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-11-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-11-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-11-27** Ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-11-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-11-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d67340e-ce47-421d-8d83-f8ee96a8cb65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).