---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensure Orderly 2019 Elections."
description: "Ensure Orderly 2019 Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "North Carolina SB 214 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hise"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083b8e0c-dc0b-42bd-96d5-3b4534ce2cf1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S214&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "27dde7fb1a1c2f3a6544f6a8bc4c09a162f17f43765f4ec3b5ebf06656ec009a"
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 214 (2019) — Ensure Orderly 2019 Elections.

## 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/S214v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S214v3.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Russell Second Reading — **50–65** (fail) · lower
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hise — primary (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Ch. SL 2019-4 `became-law`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Gov. 3/14/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Pres. To Gov. 3/13/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Ratified
- **2019-03-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-12** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-03-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** Amend Tabled A3
- **2019-03-12** Amend Tabled A2
- **2019-03-12** Amend Tabled A1
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083b8e0c-dc0b-42bd-96d5-3b4534ce2cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).