---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rev. Laws Clarifying & Administrative Changes."
description: "Rev. Laws Clarifying & Administrative Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "North Carolina SB 523 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "COMMERCE", "CONSTRUCTION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEFINITIONS", "FUELS", "MANUFACTURING", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SESSION LAWS", "SHIPPING", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAX RETURNS", "TAX WITHHOLDING", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "EXCISE", "TAXES", "FUEL", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TAXES", "LICENSE", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TOBACCO", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION", "TAX DISTRICTS", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "TOBACCO PRODUCTS", "WINERIES & BREWERIES", "BEER & WINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hise", "Tillman"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4bdabc-3f02-4bc2-9dde-66181b37c332"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0ffe6c7477fdd952b6debf7decdaaf2cf8e34e56fc1f8837c45dd6f029b83a15"
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 523 (2019) — Rev. Laws Clarifying & Administrative Changes.

## 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/S523v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-49-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4946/0/S523-ARB-49-V-1)
3. **A2: ABAF-20-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4942/0/S523-ABAF-20-V-5)
4. **A3: ARB-48-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4943/0/S523-ARB-48-V-5)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2019-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S523v7.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hise — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-169 `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
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-10** 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 Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-20** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-06-20** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-20** Engrossed
- **2019-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2019
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2019
- **2019-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4bdabc-3f02-4bc2-9dde-66181b37c332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).