---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Military and Veteran Act of 2019."
description: "NC Military and Veteran Act of 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 230"
citation: "North Carolina SB 230 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "KINDERGARTEN", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "NOTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "VETERANS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID", "PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "D. Davis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdaef20e-d888-40f0-8733-a77a2ec18763"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S230&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e203936b14cd6e7249b370541c90f4d62a7036dc20a06444a6a754455c2f90e6"
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 SB 230 (2019) — NC Military and Veteran Act of 2019.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S230v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S230v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S230v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S230v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S230v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S230v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- D. Davis — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-23** Ch. SL 2019-201 `became-law`
- **2019-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-15** Pres. To Gov. 8/15/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-14** Ratified
- **2019-08-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-13** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-07** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-08-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-08-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-05** Placed On Cal For 08/06/2019
- **2019-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-08-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-03-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdaef20e-d888-40f0-8733-a77a2ec18763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).