---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Sex Abuse/Strengthen Laws."
description: "Child Sex Abuse/Strengthen Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "North Carolina SB 199 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHILD ABUSE", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EVIDENCE", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "JURIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "NOTIFICATION", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "INMATES", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SENTENCING", "SEX OFFENSES", "SHERIFFS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Harrington"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 64
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a835d56-2abb-4b9d-9d22-f64abac194ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S199&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ebf85573682fce9891c6d3cfdf6bc0f2f4c750d3186ce1d2acfa14f1a1c4a921"
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 199 (2019) — Child Sex Abuse/Strengthen Laws.

## 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/S199v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-83-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6010/0/S199-ASA-83-V-1)
3. **A1: ATT-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/3174/0/S199-ATT-14-V-1)
4. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6014/0/S199-A-NBC-6017)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v5.pdf)
10. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v6.pdf)
11. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v7.pdf)
12. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v8.pdf)
13. **SL 2019-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S199v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Harrington — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-07** Ch. SL 2019-245 `became-law`
- **2019-11-07** Signed by Gov. 11/7/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-01** Pres. To Gov. 11/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-31** Ratified
- **2019-10-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-10-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-10-30** Placed On Cal For 10/31/2019
- **2019-10-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-10-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-10-30** Placed On Cal For 10/31/2019
- **2019-10-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-09-13** Conferees Changed
- **2019-08-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-06** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2019-08-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-08-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-31** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-07-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-30** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-30** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-07-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2019
- **2019-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** 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`
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed
- **2019-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a835d56-2abb-4b9d-9d22-f64abac194ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).