---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Finance Law Changes."
description: "Various Finance Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 557"
citation: "North Carolina SB 557 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEFINITIONS", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LEASING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RETAILING", "REVENUE DEPT.", "REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM.", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "TAX DEDUCTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "EXCISE", "TAXES", "FRANCHISE", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOBACCO", "TRANSPORTATION", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "RECORDS", "TAXES", "HIGHWAY USE", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "TAX COLLECTION", "TOBACCO PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krawiec", "Rabon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d688aa7-3647-4534-9bf7-d2a5ccdcf152"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S557&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8baa433b306c7dfa192b4521bf02957546c5d4955035b2e709b3572e727d8abb"
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 557 (2019) — Various Finance Law 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/S557v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-74-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6701/0/S557-ARB-74-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S557v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **93–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Rabon — primary (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-08** Ch. SL 2019-246 `became-law`
- **2019-11-08** Signed by Gov. 11/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-01** Pres. To Gov. 11/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-31** Ratified
- **2019-10-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-31** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-10-31** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-10-31** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-10-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-10-30** Added to Calendar
- **2019-10-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-10-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-30** Ruled Material
- **2019-10-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-10-24** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-10-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-10-24** Engrossed
- **2019-10-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-10-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-10-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-11** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** 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/7d688aa7-3647-4534-9bf7-d2a5ccdcf152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).