---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Family Law Changes."
description: "Various Family Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "North Carolina HB 469 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COMPACTS", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "DHHS", "DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b88183-8dae-4994-bb3b-ae3064d71ce5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H469&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e71ff19dbbb0d02509b5173735952526f729e338033314a6c09eae9bc3bc8530"
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 469 (2019) — Various Family Law Changes.

## 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/H469v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATV-51-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5521/0/H469-ATV-51-V-1)
3. **A2: ATV-52-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5522/0/H469-ATV-52-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2019-172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H469v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Batch — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-172 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** Ratified
- **2019-07-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-11** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2019
- **2019-07-10** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-10** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-10** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-10** Engrossed
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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
- **2019-06-27** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2019
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2019
- **2019-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b88183-8dae-4994-bb3b-ae3064d71ce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).