---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vets Children/Short-Term Workforce Training."
description: "Vets Children/Short-Term Workforce Training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "North Carolina SB 600 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MILITARY BASES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TUITION", "VETERANS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID", "911 BOARD", "FAMILY ISSUES", "MOBILE PHONES & DEVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "D. Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b526c0a-3fa8-45dc-bddc-6a596a1554d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S600&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c17d5b6908097b88a969e72dc2049bb84109d1e2cec044ddcda11ebaf5190a6"
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 600 (2019) — Vets Children/Short-Term Workforce Training.

## 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/S600v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-69-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6289/0/S600-AST-69-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- D. Davis — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-04** Ch. SL 2019-214 `became-law`
- **2019-09-04** Signed by Gov. 9/4/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-28** Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-27** Ratified
- **2019-08-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-26** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-08-21** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-08-21** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-08-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-19** Placed On Cal For 08/21/2019
- **2019-08-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/13/2019
- **2019-08-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-04-29** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2019
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** 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/4b526c0a-3fa8-45dc-bddc-6a596a1554d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).