---
type: "Bill"
title: "Growing G.R.E.A.T."
description: "Growing G.R.E.A.T."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "North Carolina HB 387 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "COUNTIES", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTRICITY", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "LDC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT.", "CAPITAL & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Lewis", "Szoka"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ced51a6f-6ea5-4b98-a9a1-c34c5927c5fa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H387&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1534d574905f84f1f63790520f542819a61c242d50257f69d3e300a4040424c2"
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 387 (2019) — Growing G.R.E.A.T.

## 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/H387v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H387v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H387v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H387v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H387v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H387v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Beasley — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Everitt — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Montgomery — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Russell — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-14** Ch. SL 2019-230 `became-law`
- **2019-10-14** Signed by Gov. 10/14/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-10** Pres. To Gov. 10/10/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-09** Ratified
- **2019-10-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-08** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-07** Placed On Cal For 10/08/2019
- **2019-10-07** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-10-03** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-10-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-10-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-10-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-10-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-10-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2019
- **2019-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ced51a6f-6ea5-4b98-a9a1-c34c5927c5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).