---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removal of Political Signs by Citizens."
description: "Removal of Political Signs by Citizens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "North Carolina SB 220 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "BOARDS", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLITICAL ACTIVITY", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "ABANDONED PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Davis", "Tillman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e397fe29-4e47-4c13-8df4-75fea82a8499"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S220&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3688c10bbbbcc3ef4e2414b15885bccd368efab135dbf526a8310670c5d5acaf"
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 220 (2019) — Removal of Political Signs by Citizens.

## 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/S220v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/2431/0/S220-A-NBC-5732)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Davis — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-11** Ch. SL 2019-119 `became-law`
- **2019-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to the Com on Elections and Ethics Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed
- **2019-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Placed On Cal For 04/02/2019
- **2019-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** 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/e397fe29-4e47-4c13-8df4-75fea82a8499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).