---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implement Conner's Law."
description: "Implement Conner's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "North Carolina HB 425 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ASSAULT", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE TREASURER", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "McNeill", "Ross"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa2cdf4-8ab9-40c6-b244-f5c6f52b8715"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H425&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8da130b6cd96672488867fa8c6ac29cf1a9e615aee231a5c5cafc1ff766e5fcb"
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 425 (2019) — Implement Conner's Law.

## 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/H425v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2020-86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H425v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-02** Ch. SL 2020-86 `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`
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2019
- **2019-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `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`
- **2019-03-25** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baa2cdf4-8ab9-40c6-b244-f5c6f52b8715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).