---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Liab. Safe Harbor."
description: "COVID-19 Liab. Safe Harbor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "North Carolina HB 118 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REPORTS", "RESCUE SQUADS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WEAPONS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbin", "D. Hall", "Warren"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f7bab70-0385-4fcc-ba22-11b6028d09b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H118&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cc3bf8ae3c2dfc7b0863dccd082ab149e5ce931ef0de825a2c8a36cd2d0b4992"
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 118 (2019) — COVID-19 Liab. Safe Harbor.

## 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/H118v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v7.pdf)
9. **SL 2020-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H118v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbin — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-02** Ch. SL 2020-89 `became-law`
- **2020-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-19** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2019
- **2019-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f7bab70-0385-4fcc-ba22-11b6028d09b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).