---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rules of Civ Procedure/E-Filing and Service."
description: "Rules of Civ Procedure/E-Filing and Service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "North Carolina HB 679 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "TITLE CHANGE", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CHIEF JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers", "Zachary"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-10"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2314f50e-e442-4c9d-9349-f2c9b97d5809"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H679&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c713e938a3d19841994ec66cc05252a7b754f0e6bc2c9b2e61fc2fc80be930f6"
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 679 (2019) — Rules of Civ Procedure/E-Filing and Service.

## 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/H679v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATV-78-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/7997/0/H679-ATV-78-V-3)
3. **A2: ATV-86-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8028/0/H679-ATV-86-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2020-46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H679v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Amendment 2 — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-26** Ch. SL 2020-46 `became-law`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** Ratified
- **2020-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2020
- **2020-06-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-16** Engrossed
- **2020-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-29** 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`
- **2019-04-11** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2314f50e-e442-4c9d-9349-f2c9b97d5809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).