---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation of Certain School Employees."
description: "Compensation of Certain School Employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 818"
citation: "North Carolina SB 818 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRINCIPALS", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Harrington"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-19"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f137e5-8358-40fe-9e3e-6531cdf9bc32"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S818&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b46b6ef7c020c7652a7e43571747626245e3d010eb2d9919d01b28bcbda2a3fb"
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 818 (2019) — Compensation of Certain School Employees.

## 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/S818v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMT-79-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/7996/0/S818-AMT-79-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S818v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S818v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S818v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S818v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2020-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S818v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **84–35** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading M4 Previous Question — **67–52** (pass) · lower

## 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.

- **2020-06-26** Ch. SL 2020-45 `became-law`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** Ratified
- **2020-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2020
- **2020-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-15** Engrossed
- **2020-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-15** Amendment Withdrawn A3 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-15** Amend Tabled A2
- **2020-06-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-10** 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/93f137e5-8358-40fe-9e3e-6531cdf9bc32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).