---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pay Increases/SBI & ALE."
description: "Pay Increases/SBI & ALE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 777"
citation: "North Carolina HB 777 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "ARMED FORCES", "AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHARTERS", "CJRS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEQ", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "JUDGES", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MAGISTRATES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SBI", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "STUDIES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WATER RESOURCES", "CHAPTERED", "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUND", "STATE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE COMN.", "NATIONAL GUARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS", "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "ABANDONED PROPERTY", "ALE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belk", "Gill", "Hurley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/816637f1-7c5d-4d31-a171-37faf8caa0d0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H777&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c5c92793c3411f597bbc879033a8d728c6e634f2b05470275dde8819189e72f7"
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 777 (2019) — Pay Increases/SBI & ALE.

## 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/H777v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-35-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5318/0/H777-ARI-35-V-2)
3. **A2: AMR-27-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5321/0/H777-AMR-27-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H777v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H777v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H777v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H777v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H777v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Belk — primary (person)
- Gill — primary (person)
- Hurley — primary (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-30** Ch. SL 2019-211 `became-law`
- **2019-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-28** Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-28** Ratified
- **2019-08-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-27** Placed On Cal For 08/28/2019
- **2019-08-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-08-27** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019
- **2019-08-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-26** Rule 44b
- **2019-08-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-08-19** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2019-08-19** Added to Calendar
- **2019-08-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** Ruled Material
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-08** Engrossed
- **2019-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-02** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **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`
- **2019-06-11** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Received From House
- **2019-05-07** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2019
- **2019-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, 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/816637f1-7c5d-4d31-a171-37faf8caa0d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).