---
type: "Bill"
title: "Damage Jail & Prison Fire Sprinkler/Penalty."
description: "Damage Jail & Prison Fire Sprinkler/Penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "North Carolina HB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALARM SYSTEMS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "CRIMES", "JAILS", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SMOKE DETECTORS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "McNeill", "Shepard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48824ae-5499-4b5b-854a-1c7ed8e9f2cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H138&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e5454d4963122378145f3925ce98aa7c6e9738c6e10b13eacf9fd233ec5c531d"
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 138 (2019) — Damage Jail & Prison Fire Sprinkler/Penalty.

## 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/H138v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H138v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H138v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H138v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H138v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **75–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Shepard — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-134 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-09** Ratified
- **2019-07-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2019
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-05-06** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2019
- **2019-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48824ae-5499-4b5b-854a-1c7ed8e9f2cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).