---
type: "Bill"
title: "Craft Beer Distribution & Modernization Act."
description: "Craft Beer Distribution & Modernization Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 363"
citation: "North Carolina HB 363 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FRANCHISES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "WAREHOUSING", "CHAPTERED", "WINERIES & BREWERIES", "ABC COMN.", "BEER & WINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Jackson", "Lewis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27a09fa9-653c-4237-bc2c-7b942e625a4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H363&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "900a2cebf3fab1536b2ac5c7acf06849a1b0b7466b45575caf25c31a04496631"
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 363 (2019) — Craft Beer Distribution & Modernization Act.

## 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/H363v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H363v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H363v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H363v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H363v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **104–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Beasley — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Ch. SL 2019-18 `became-law`
- **2019-05-30** Signed by Gov. 5/30/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Ratified
- **2019-05-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2019
- **2019-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27a09fa9-653c-4237-bc2c-7b942e625a4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).