---
type: "Bill"
title: "Freedom to Work/OLB Reform."
description: "Freedom to Work/OLB Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "North Carolina HB 770 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRENTICESHIPS", "BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "Bell", "Stevens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec19dfa4-8761-4914-9f07-bbccb326adcc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H770&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dc539223643b82704f0e800ed7f1f4fcc80171bfa9065838b48529692d81b1aa"
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 770 (2019) — Freedom to Work/OLB Reform.

## 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/H770v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABH-26-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5095/0/H770-ABH-26-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H770v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-91 `became-law`
- **2019-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-27** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
- **2019-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-26** Engrossed
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-05-02** Added to Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec19dfa4-8761-4914-9f07-bbccb326adcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).