---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring Authorization of Federal Funds."
description: "Ensuring Authorization of Federal Funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 961"
citation: "North Carolina HB 961 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "CURRICULUM", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GRANTS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "K. Hall", "Saine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-25"
last_action: "2019-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f90ee26-80ef-4e3a-b306-a01e42450f02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H961&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e7a4c56f957680e1e1dbff898f7d6c46ed2bb0234c6b975d5a8bfc37a755e59a"
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 961 (2019) — Ensuring Authorization of Federal Funds.

## 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/H961v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H961v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H961v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H961v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H961v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-01** Ch. SL 2019-192 `became-law`
- **2019-08-01** Signed by Gov. 8/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-25** Ratified
- **2019-07-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2019
- **2019-07-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 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
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-26** Ref to the Com on Appropriations, Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f90ee26-80ef-4e3a-b306-a01e42450f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).