---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Continuing Ed for Real Estate Brokers."
description: "Modify Continuing Ed for Real Estate Brokers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 590"
citation: "North Carolina SB 590 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL ESTATE COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eec8bcc-9d15-4a7c-92b9-f2bcc1493cd9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S590&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67d28cd5da4f58b3676c1f9da2c67e9a40d680b2ebd99cbb5a4ce2807db4bd00"
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 590 (2019) — Modify Continuing Ed for Real Estate Brokers.

## 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/S590v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S590v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S590v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S590v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S590v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S590v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-09** Ch. SL 2019-195 `became-law`
- **2019-08-09** Signed by Gov. 8/9/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-01** Ratified
- **2019-07-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-30** Placed On Cal For 07/31/2019
- **2019-07-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-15** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-07-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eec8bcc-9d15-4a7c-92b9-f2bcc1493cd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).