---
type: "Bill"
title: "Merchandise Sales Limit/Meck Dist Ct."
description: "Merchandise Sales Limit/Meck Dist Ct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 782"
citation: "North Carolina SB 782 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "JUDGES", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Hise"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-14"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aea5a92-f652-43e2-8563-634bbb7c7265"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S782&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7b18c7d9455e0dd117fd8f8eca5902cec8bb9316281c7d96d6d021f57c26b56f"
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 782 (2019) — Merchandise Sales Limit/Meck Dist Ct.

## 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/S782v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8279/0/S782-A-NBC-8514)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2020-84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S782v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **33–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Hise — primary (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-84 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26** Ratified
- **2020-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-26** Conferees Reappointed
- **2020-06-26** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-25** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2020-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2020-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-23** Engrossed
- **2020-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-23** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-05-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aea5a92-f652-43e2-8563-634bbb7c7265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).