---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Rules Incorporating 2017 Food Code."
description: "Adopt Rules Incorporating 2017 Food Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "North Carolina HB 735 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carney", "Dobson", "Reives"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c39fa4b8-d497-4960-944b-88a0f8c0c5d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H735&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ce9b7ef9c79aa59c2af8973704acec645f4ad719b70b8f659765ce47c709eb1"
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 735 (2019) — Adopt Rules Incorporating 2017 Food Code.

## 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/H735v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H735v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H735v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H735v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Reives — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-129 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Ratified
- **2019-07-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** 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** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-03** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c39fa4b8-d497-4960-944b-88a0f8c0c5d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).