---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm James Gillen/Industrial Commission."
description: "Confirm James Gillen/Industrial Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HJR 253"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 253 (2019)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d983321-e58b-4f26-939d-c6a20cb3527c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H253&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ef6ec08179052fc3bd9a6eeb089c3655d50de3a9085830ce24592ab97636ae2"
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 HJR 253 (2019) — Confirm James Gillen/Industrial Commission.

## 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/H253v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H253v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2019-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H253v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-22** Ch. Res 2019-7 `became-law`
- **2019-04-22** Ratified
- **2019-04-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Placed On Cal For 03/06/2019
- **2019-03-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d983321-e58b-4f26-939d-c6a20cb3527c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).