---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Sports/Horse Race Wagering Tribal Lands."
description: "Allow Sports/Horse Race Wagering Tribal Lands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "North Carolina SB 154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "GAMING", "HORSE RACING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRIBES & TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED", "HORSES & MULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6013552a-e116-49c6-9950-ec1fdce4ea4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S154&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0e6049d03d2cf4e6141f1c6d7235623b09cdf76a148e2ee94402e980862300b1"
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 154 (2019) — Allow Sports/Horse Race Wagering Tribal Lands.

## 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/S154v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **90–27** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-163 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** Ratified
- **2019-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2019
- **2019-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref to the Com on Commerce, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/09/2019
- **2019-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6013552a-e116-49c6-9950-ec1fdce4ea4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).