---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI/PTSD."
description: "Allow Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI/PTSD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "North Carolina HB 50 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE", "ARMED FORCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grange", "Martin", "Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65695329-25af-4d20-b7b0-21733e71dd5f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H50&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b89b0060d355ab8d7b4d682ea4354bd068f41767ed2a2f6240213a602e915bf9"
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 50 (2019) — Allow Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI/PTSD.

## 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/H50v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H50v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H50v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H50v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H50v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grange — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-175 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-18** Ratified
- **2019-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2019
- **2019-07-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019
- **2019-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-04** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2019
- **2019-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Re-ref Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65695329-25af-4d20-b7b0-21733e71dd5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).