---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOT Cash and Accountability."
description: "DOT Cash and Accountability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "North Carolina SB 356 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "WATER RESOURCES", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND", "CHAPTERED", "PARKS & RECREATION TRUST FUND", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "SURPLUS PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18870103-4757-4bd6-b308-4da7c0ad3788"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S356&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "026bc102c233a593bcd45491d8a51786d4469c19c65961304f8d35f7b54545b0"
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 356 (2019) — DOT Cash and Accountability.

## 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/S356v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **99–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18** Ch. SL 2019-251 `became-law`
- **2019-11-18** Signed by Gov. 11/18/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-14** Pres. To Gov. 11/14/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-14** Ratified
- **2019-11-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-11-14** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-11-14** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/14/2019
- **2019-11-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-11-13** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-11-13** Placed On Cal For 11/14/2019
- **2019-11-13** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-11-13** Conferees Changed
- **2019-11-13** Conferees Changed
- **2019-11-13** Conferees Changed
- **2019-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-06** 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-30** Placed On Cal For 07/31/2019
- **2019-07-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18870103-4757-4bd6-b308-4da7c0ad3788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).