---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Business Retirement Program."
description: "Small Business Retirement Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 604"
citation: "North Carolina HB 604 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RETIREMENT", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS", "SMALL BUSINESS RETIREMENT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanig"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed17323-62d2-4433-a4c6-fa5c6dce678b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H604&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c7a33fe0c45e2423aee1696a0efa4513e73a5898a378f5704c4370f8251af2b4"
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 604 (2019) — Small Business Retirement Program.

## 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/H604v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABG-39-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6122/0/H604-ABG-39-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H604v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H604v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H604v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **120–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanig — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-27** Ch. SL 2019-205 `became-law`
- **2019-08-27** Signed by Gov. 8/27/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 8/20/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-20** Ratified
- **2019-08-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-19** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Placed On Cal For 08/19/2019
- **2019-08-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/14/2019
- **2019-08-12** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-08-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2019-08-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-08-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2019
- **2019-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed17323-62d2-4433-a4c6-fa5c6dce678b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).