---
type: "Bill"
title: "Add Members/Johnston Cnty. Airport Authority."
description: "Add Members/Johnston Cnty. Airport Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORTS", "APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "AIRPORT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Strickland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-19"
last_action: "2020-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d52d35ab-339b-4922-9636-52d584f85979"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H1159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ea39cc40c45031477f64ce85320e5af84f5d30196ed0a74f7333899b822adcce"
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 1159 (2019) — Add Members/Johnston Cnty. Airport Authority.

## 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/House/PDF/H1159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2020-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-10** Ch. SL 2020-12 `became-law`
- **2020-06-10** Ratified
- **2020-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-01** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2020-05-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2020
- **2020-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-05-26** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2020-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-19** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-19** 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/d52d35ab-339b-4922-9636-52d584f85979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).