---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education in Prisons."
description: "Education in Prisons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "North Carolina HB 463 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "JAILS", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Hardister", "Rogers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f87702-c185-4943-a756-9abd44dea9f6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H463&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7b3db91374a0cb1ea9a22cf5508cb10a0d1fb4b3e53932cd6a277948822ffb46"
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 463 (2019) — Education in Prisons.

## 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/H463v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H463v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H463v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H463v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H463v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2020-54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H463v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Batch — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Montgomery — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30** Ch. SL 2020-54 `became-law`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-19** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-10** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-27** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-17** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2019-06-17** Serial Referral To Appropriations, Education Stricken
- **2019-06-11** Re-ref Com On Education - Universities `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Ref to the Com on Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, Education - Universities, if favorable, Appropriations, Education, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49f87702-c185-4943-a756-9abd44dea9f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).