---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Loss Prevention Investigations."
description: "Expand Loss Prevention Investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 760"
citation: "North Carolina HB 760 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "DEFINITIONS", "FRAUD", "INVESTIGATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECURITY SERVICES", "THEFT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reives"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332faae7-744c-4338-82db-e3af76eccbbe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H760&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d73bba1342a7729a206d39047ad1a81313fac638671c7f5c5f1ddbae51203396"
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 760 (2019) — Expand Loss Prevention Investigations.

## 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/H760v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H760v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H760v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H760v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H760v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H760v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reives — primary (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-09** Ch. SL 2019-193 `became-law`
- **2019-08-09** Signed by Gov. 8/9/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-01** Ratified
- **2019-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-29** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2019
- **2019-07-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2019
- **2019-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2019
- **2019-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019
- **2019-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019
- **2019-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2019
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2019
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** 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
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332faae7-744c-4338-82db-e3af76eccbbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).