---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity."
description: "Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1229"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1229 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "CONTRACTS", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "WELFARE", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Wray"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-27"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d934dd86-8d53-49dd-956f-399fb71a5ea5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H1229&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a82c58d61163df23e7b6f923da5183bac519d16b926b4f11fb671e03d5ec6c3d"
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 1229 (2019) — Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity.

## 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/H1229v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABC-128-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8091/0/H1229-ABC-128-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2020-53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H1229v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30** Ch. SL 2020-53 `became-law`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22** Pres. To Gov. 6/22/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19** Ratified
- **2020-06-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-18** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Ruled Not Material By Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2020
- **2020-06-17** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-17** Ruled Material
- **2020-06-17** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-17** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-17** Engrossed
- **2020-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-17** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2020-06-08** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2020
- **2020-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-27** Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d934dd86-8d53-49dd-956f-399fb71a5ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).