---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2020."
description: "Regulatory Reform Act of 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "North Carolina HB 308 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ADVERTISING", "AGRICULTURE", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COMPACTS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "DAMS", "DEQ", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNOR", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "INTERNET", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LIBRARIES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RETIREMENT", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SIGNS", "SOLID WASTE", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TSERS", "UNC", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "ON-SITE WASTEWATER CONTRACTORS BD.", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "ROANOKE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "ROANOKE RIVER BI-STATE COMN.", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "ABANDONED PROPERTY", "PUBLIC LIBRARIAN COMN.", "POLICY COLLABORATORY", "EXECUTIVE ORDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Dixon", "Strickland"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e401fe7-c19c-4c65-bd9f-36480a926835"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H308&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "be96faafc7a5d60c057fa6938c7ddb6219c26341cd420aad8acacf13512357c1"
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 308 (2019) — Regulatory Reform Act of 2020.

## 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/H308v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABR-49-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8229/0/H308-ABR-49-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2020-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H308v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- Dixon — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-74 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Ratified
- **2020-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-23** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Engrossed
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-15** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2019
- **2019-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e401fe7-c19c-4c65-bd9f-36480a926835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).