---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death by Distribution."
description: "Death by Distribution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "North Carolina HB 474 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "HOMICIDE", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "C. Smith", "D. Hall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/444c0382-53cc-4807-9e56-14e1c2b4b53d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H474&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "55563a1575f7fb9f5507fb3eb34052635e1244bc01002e6076dee8c6c8fde68b"
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 474 (2019) — Death by Distribution.

## 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/H474v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABD-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4480/0/H474-ABD-10-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H474v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **82–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- C. Smith — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-83 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
- **2019-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2019
- **2019-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** 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/444c0382-53cc-4807-9e56-14e1c2b4b53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).