---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroad Crossings/On-Track Equipment."
description: "Railroad Crossings/On-Track Equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 82"
citation: "North Carolina HB 82 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pierce"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87bf5ec8-06a2-4afd-8882-ff5d128aac30"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H82&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e1129efaec7dfdd2d9c816a278723fce1cb4d56eb5e53817ae5094f9a163323c"
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 82 (2019) — Railroad Crossings/On-Track Equipment.

## 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/H82v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H82v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H82v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H82v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H82v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pierce — primary (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** Ch. SL 2019-36 `became-law`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** Ratified
- **2019-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-11** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87bf5ec8-06a2-4afd-8882-ff5d128aac30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).