---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue Laws Technical Changes."
description: "Revenue Laws Technical Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "North Carolina SB 56 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SESSION LAWS", "TAX DEDUCTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "EXCISE", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hise", "Tillman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad76e23-96f8-4429-996b-5d9ae5e62aa3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S56&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8826a8598487c23375707060540550c455abfa79dfb114c24151990a61940a5"
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 56 (2019) — Revenue Laws Technical 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/S56v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hise — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20** Ch. SL 2019-6 `became-law`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Gov. 3/20/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-19** Pres. To Gov. 3/19/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18** Ratified
- **2019-03-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-02-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-02-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Placed On Cal For 02/26/2019
- **2019-02-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-02-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dad76e23-96f8-4429-996b-5d9ae5e62aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).