---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fill Vacancies/Modify 2018 Appointments."
description: "Fill Vacancies/Modify 2018 Appointments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "North Carolina HB 263 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOUSING", "HOUSING PARTNERSHIP", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "ORGAN DONATIONS", "PORTS", "PORTS AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEAKER", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "LICENSE TO GIVE TRUST FUND COMN.", "OIL & GAS COMN.", "CHARTER SCHOOLS ADVISORY BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01b5cde7-407a-423b-bef1-10c6b61fd3a9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H263&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ab1c7745f3bb1fad7009d34418ad3c6affcf8bc541594ee129c2ae154e58491f"
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 263 (2019) — Fill Vacancies/Modify 2018 Appointments.

## 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/H263v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABK-7-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/1818/0/H263-ABK-7-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H263v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H263v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H263v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** Ch. SL 2019-11 `became-law`
- **2019-04-04** Ratified
- **2019-04-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-04-03** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2019
- **2019-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2019-03-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01b5cde7-407a-423b-bef1-10c6b61fd3a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).