---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Term for Public Schs. & Codify NCVPS."
description: "Create Term for Public Schs. & Codify NCVPS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "North Carolina HB 57 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FUNDING", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "DISTANCE EDUCATION", "REPORTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "UNC", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elmore", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3398ad86-2ed1-4dff-b619-98e9ce2e026e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H57&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "af34e102e2383838b568ee010d84d37d102c2f4d13cbeca5e1529f0986fe03bc"
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 57 (2019) — Create Term for Public Schs. & Codify NCVPS.

## 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/H57v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H57v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H57v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H57v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-51** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H57v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elmore — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-26** Ch. SL 2019-51 `became-law`
- **2019-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-20** Ratified
- **2019-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-19** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2019
- **2019-06-17** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-13** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Placed On Cal For 03/06/2019
- **2019-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3398ad86-2ed1-4dff-b619-98e9ce2e026e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).