---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid Epidemic Response Act."
description: "Opioid Epidemic Response Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "North Carolina HB 325 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMISSIONS", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEDICAID", "MEDICAL CARE COMN.", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Dobson", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73600f28-bfa2-42f0-b62e-c48a88685eac"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H325&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "28d783432ba0e38777f1a8c25ffd700d0ad863344244133d9acf39c8a7472f0a"
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 325 (2019) — Opioid Epidemic Response Act.

## 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/H325v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H325v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H325v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H325v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H325v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H325v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **92–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-22** Ch. SL 2019-159 `became-law`
- **2019-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** Ratified
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-10** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 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** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-12** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73600f28-bfa2-42f0-b62e-c48a88685eac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).