---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prison Safety/TANF State Plan/Clarifications."
description: "Prison Safety/TANF State Plan/Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "North Carolina SB 118 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DHHS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDICAID", "PERSONNEL", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SAFETY", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Krawiec"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276f3855-5b1e-48ff-87e3-ecaa284e3cc6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S118&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "95bee0cd083a1a070a05f2f33510a7a62a778306e4220dfb21eed942fd1f6b7a"
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 SB 118 (2019) — Prison Safety/TANF State Plan/Clarifications.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S118v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-19-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4494/0/S118-ATT-19-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-18** Ch. SL 2019-223 `became-law`
- **2019-09-18** Signed by Gov. 9/18/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-16** Pres. To Gov. 9/16/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** Ratified
- **2019-09-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-09-12** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-09-11** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-09-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-09-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Placed On Cal For 09/11/2019
- **2019-09-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-09-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-09-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-05** Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276f3855-5b1e-48ff-87e3-ecaa284e3cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).