---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Youth Internship Opportunities."
description: "Expand Youth Internship Opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "North Carolina SB 391 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMPLOYMENT", "INTERNSHIPS", "LABOR DEPT.", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "WORK SAFETY", "CHAPTERED", "LABOR COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Gunn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f712d2ea-dc60-46be-9f3b-4a73ae830032"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S391&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "53d9930fb6a7638d79caaf65183439fc47cec9dd17c0d73b051368d68f0a43ca"
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 391 (2019) — Expand Youth Internship Opportunities.

## 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/S391v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S391v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S391v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S391v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S391v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S391v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Gunn — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-166 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** Ratified
- **2019-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-15** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Commerce, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-18** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f712d2ea-dc60-46be-9f3b-4a73ae830032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).