---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Participation of Operators in NC Pre-K."
description: "Study Participation of Operators in NC Pre-K."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 886"
citation: "North Carolina HB 886 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Black", "Dobson", "Horn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/191295c7-756f-4cb0-b12b-4ce225a3551a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H886&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f0fe0f10ede7ffd6df334ddcd575e9d39bf28c2eed299016ff8360b42e3aa02c"
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 886 (2019) — Study Participation of Operators in NC Pre-K.

## 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/H886v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H886v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H886v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H886v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Black — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Beasley — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Russell — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-08** Ch. SL 2019-87 `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
- **2019-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** 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`
- **2019-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/191295c7-756f-4cb0-b12b-4ce225a3551a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).