---
type: "Bill"
title: "Combat Absentee Ballot Fraud."
description: "Combat Absentee Ballot Fraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "North Carolina SB 683 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "STATE BOARD OF", "FRAUD", "FUNDING", "GRANTS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "BALLOTS & BALLOT ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "McKissick"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-28"
last_action: "2019-11-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa6aae2c-f1ff-4dd0-accd-2791e94fe3f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S683&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6857b958f5c3e11e05409f82ef79d86aacb754e7897eef0384f26c1bd37a6f3f"
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 683 (2019) — Combat Absentee Ballot Fraud.

## 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/S683v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-60-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5466/0/S683-AST-60-V-4)
3. **A1: AST-74-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6376/0/S683-AST-74-V-2)
4. **A2: AST-56-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5433/0/S683-AST-56-V-2)
5. **A2: AST-76-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6377/0/S683-AST-76-V-2)
6. **A3: ABK-38-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5469/0/S683-ABK-38-V-5)
7. **A4: AST-59-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5460/0/S683-AST-59-V-2)
8. **A4: AST-75-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6387/0/S683-AST-75-V-7)
9. **A6: ASA-90-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6430/0/S683-ASA-90-V-1)
10. **A7: AST-80-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6427/0/S683-AST-80-V-2)
11. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v1.pdf)
12. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v2.pdf)
13. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v3.pdf)
14. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v4.pdf)
15. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v5.pdf)
16. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v6.pdf)
17. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v7.pdf)
18. **SL 2019-239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-06** Ch. SL 2019-239 `became-law`
- **2019-11-06** Signed by Gov. 11/6/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-31** Pres. To Gov. 10/31/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-30** Ratified
- **2019-10-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-10-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-10-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-10-28** Placed On Cal For 10/29/2019
- **2019-10-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-10-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-10-28** Placed On Cal For 10/29/2019
- **2019-10-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-10-03** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-10-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-09-11** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2019-09-10** Placed On Cal For 09/11/2019
- **2019-09-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-08-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-08-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-08-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-28** Amend Adopted A7 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-28** Amend Adopted A6 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-28** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-08-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-27** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-27** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-08-27** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019
- **2019-08-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-08-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-09** Ref to the Com on Elections and Ethics Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-09** Engrossed
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Amend Tabled A5
- **2019-07-09** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-01** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-06-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa6aae2c-f1ff-4dd0-accd-2791e94fe3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).