---
type: "Bill"
title: "Passenger Protection Act."
description: "Passenger Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "North Carolina HB 391 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CRIMES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "FRAUD", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INSPECTIONS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SAFETY", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "SPEAKER", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "TAXIS & SHUTTLES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "TRANSPORTATION SAFETY STUDY COMN.", "SAFETY EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd907b12-e9af-445d-aae3-b65852d2aeed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H391&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "23f9ddaf5909c8e475ee463326c600a13e1558d4d98cd08cd166ab1fdb851731"
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 391 (2019) — Passenger Protection 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/H391v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABG-40-V-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5864/0/H391-ABG-40-V-9)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v7.pdf)
10. **SL 2019-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H391v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-09** Ch. SL 2019-194 `became-law`
- **2019-08-09** Signed by Gov. 8/9/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-01** Ratified
- **2019-07-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-30** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2019
- **2019-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2019
- **2019-07-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-22** Engrossed
- **2019-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019
- **2019-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
- **2019-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-04** Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Ref to the Com on Transportation, 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/dd907b12-e9af-445d-aae3-b65852d2aeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).