---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements."
description: "Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "North Carolina SB 219 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McInnis", "Tillman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b2a3d5-42f1-442b-8ca2-51b0b51be2ad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S219&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d4ebfb96ef749e59f51dc013016492c4a9baae963055d5886b3149080862c054"
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 219 (2019) — Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements.

## 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/S219v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S219v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McInnis — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-01** Ch. SL 2019-71 `became-law`
- **2019-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-25** Ratified
- **2019-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Added to Calendar
- **2019-06-20** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2019
- **2019-06-20** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-06-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-06-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-06-13** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2019-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-12** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2019
- **2019-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** 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/87b2a3d5-42f1-442b-8ca2-51b0b51be2ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).