---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conner’s Law."
description: "Conner’s Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 283"
citation: "North Carolina HB 283 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "Bell", "Moore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 75
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fc30fb-c3e5-41b8-8159-8ec2a65d3d14"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H283&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d86742011dfe936d037e4a92b553c60840ab7c6af60539c5435758f00cea7e0e"
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 283 (2019) — Conner’s Law.

## 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/H283v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6434/0/H283-A-NBC-7143)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H283v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H283v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H283v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H283v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H283v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **103–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-09** Ch. SL 2019-228 `became-law`
- **2019-10-09** Signed by Gov. 10/9/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** Ratified
- **2019-10-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-02** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/02/2019
- **2019-09-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-09-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-09-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-09-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-09-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-09-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-09-12** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-09-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2019-09-11** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-09-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-27** Placed On Cal For 08/28/2019
- **2019-08-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019
- **2019-08-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-21** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2019
- **2019-08-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-20** Placed On Cal For 08/21/2019
- **2019-08-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-13** Placed On Cal For 08/14/2019
- **2019-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-07** Placed On Cal For 08/09/2019
- **2019-08-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-06** Placed On Cal For 08/07/2019
- **2019-08-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/25/2019
- **2019-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2019
- **2019-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019
- **2019-07-15** 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** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Placed On Cal For 03/20/2019
- **2019-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66fc30fb-c3e5-41b8-8159-8ec2a65d3d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).