---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pay Increases/State Highway Patrol."
description: "Pay Increases/State Highway Patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "North Carolina HB 126 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CERTIFICATES OF NEED", "CLINICS", "CONSTRUCTION", "DHHS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "ID SYSTEMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "ORGAN DONATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "MEDICAL EQUIPMENT", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobson", "Murphy", "Potts"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5da8473-fd51-4478-af0e-0411c5516efd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H126&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3e336bdf6d2a0d1e90040daa244b841ba1b5e0b32e14699c56645cde1503d7e9"
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 126 (2019) — Pay Increases/State Highway Patrol.

## 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/H126v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5907/0/H126-A-NBC-5995)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5897/0/H126-A-NBC-5993)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H126v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dobson — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-30** Ch. SL 2019-210 `became-law`
- **2019-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-28** Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-28** Ratified
- **2019-08-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-27** Placed On Cal For 08/28/2019
- **2019-08-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-08-27** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019
- **2019-08-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-26** Rule 44b
- **2019-08-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-19** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2019-08-19** Added to Calendar
- **2019-08-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-29** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-25** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-24** Engrossed
- **2019-07-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-23** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2019
- **2019-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019
- **2019-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-10** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019
- **2019-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2019
- **2019-04-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-04-11** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2019
- **2019-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5da8473-fd51-4478-af0e-0411c5516efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).