---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rehire High-Need Teachers."
description: "Rehire High-Need Teachers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "North Carolina SB 399 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STEM", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Horner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b97268c-5534-43c3-947d-c46ec3dc92b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S399&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85f8db3698ea3dd39b0567426ff3e5b69e69e4c505bc6e38b2e44cbcaa222cac"
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 399 (2019) — Rehire High-Need Teachers.

## 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/S399v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger — primary (person)
- Horner — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Searcy — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-11** Ch. SL 2019-110 `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-10** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-08** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b97268c-5534-43c3-947d-c46ec3dc92b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).