---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weston's Law."
description: "Weston's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 619"
citation: "North Carolina HB 619 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BEER & WINE", "BUILDING CODES", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISTILLERIES", "ELEVATORS & ESCALATORS", "HOUSING", "INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT", "INSPECTIONS", "LABOR COMMISSIONER", "LABOR DEPT.", "LIQUOR", "MANUFACTURING", "NAMED LAWS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RENTALS & LEASING", "RETAILING", "SAFETY", "SALES & USE", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WINERIES & BREWERIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moffitt", "Richardson", "Setzer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-20"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf5c6355-b4ef-4713-a0cb-21aa7a95e284"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H619"
source_hash: "a97a8bfabd8a7d7dc7230b836e5994b1a7c045349e46788444452cf8882eed67"
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 HB 619 (2021) — Weston's Law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-64-V-11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/54854/0/H619-ATG-64-V-11)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2022-56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H619v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Richardson — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-56 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-21** Engrossed
- **2022-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-07-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-07-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-07-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf5c6355-b4ef-4713-a0cb-21aa7a95e284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).