---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immunizing Pharmacists."
description: "Immunizing Pharmacists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "North Carolina HB 388 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "VACCINES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham", "Dobson", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef59a2e9-b49e-4760-b971-b19155aeb233"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H388&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7a4767faa440ef4cbb9cb06bd6b1bc8ff75a67c9997e93aa8b8667d1396c575"
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 388 (2019) — Immunizing Pharmacists.

## 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/H388v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H388v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H388v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H388v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H388v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** Ch. SL 2019-21 `became-law`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by Gov. 6/3/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Ratified
- **2019-05-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Placed On Cal For 05/28/2019
- **2019-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2019
- **2019-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef59a2e9-b49e-4760-b971-b19155aeb233`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).