---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABC Regulatory Reform Bill."
description: "ABC Regulatory Reform Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "North Carolina SB 290 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DEREGULATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RETAILING", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION", "WINERIES & BREWERIES", "ABC BOARDS", "ABC COMN.", "DISTILLERIES", "LIQUOR", "BEER & WINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blue", "Gunn"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f235ed34-debf-40d9-99c5-8bf472440d09"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S290&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "656cee9ada720eb2e0d5b05fedc89ceb394edde7398c951a72536cfb0348b6a9"
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 290 (2019) — ABC Regulatory Reform Bill.

## 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/S290v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-79-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5637/0/S290-ASA-79-V-1)
3. **A1: ATQ-43-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5042/0/S290-ATQ-43-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v7.pdf)
11. **SL 2019-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S290v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **86–28** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **31–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blue — primary (person)
- Gunn — primary (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- Nickel — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-29** Ch. SL 2019-182 `became-law`
- **2019-07-29** Signed by Gov. 7/29/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-18** Ratified
- **2019-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-16** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-11** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-07-11** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-07-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Added to Calendar
- **2019-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `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`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-25** Engrossed
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2019
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-19** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f235ed34-debf-40d9-99c5-8bf472440d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).