---
type: "Bill"
title: "Only Allow Courts to Charge FTA Fee Once."
description: "Only Allow Courts to Charge FTA Fee Once."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 885"
citation: "North Carolina HB 885 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "JAILS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGrady", "McNeill", "R. Turner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288b94d4-c85c-455a-aee4-e4d972c66303"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H885&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e107712ecb56a30362abb0390fe6a3538dbae828c80d171ef0732c758a9b10b7"
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 885 (2019) — Only Allow Courts to Charge FTA Fee Once.

## 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/H885v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8278/0/H885-A-NBC-8513)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2020-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H885v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGrady — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-68 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Ratified
- **2020-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2020
- **2020-06-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-23** Engrossed
- **2020-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-18** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **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
- **2019-05-06** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/288b94d4-c85c-455a-aee4-e4d972c66303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).