---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funds for UNC Enrollment Growth/FY 2020-2021."
description: "Funds for UNC Enrollment Growth/FY 2020-2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "North Carolina SB 817 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Harrington"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-19"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72715cc5-3f47-45d2-8c74-8cffa5e91499"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S817&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "511cb96e2388fd70c5ba52cf0441d6d8c7ac1e25b61ef648df122773e132b54d"
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 817 (2019) — Funds for UNC Enrollment Growth/FY 2020-2021.

## 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/S817v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S817v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S817v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S817v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2020-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S817v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Harrington — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-67 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-25** Ratified
- **2020-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-16** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-20** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-05-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72715cc5-3f47-45d2-8c74-8cffa5e91499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).