---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board Construction Contract Claim."
description: "State Board Construction Contract Claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "North Carolina SB 255 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDING COMN.", "STATE BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d23dc6f-1271-4006-9d26-a703b2b51786"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S255&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2994b5ea78b143d6fac0be2679f257a4e48ff12a64831f1af756821da301bd66"
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 255 (2019) — State Board Construction Contract Claim.

## 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/S255v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** Ch. SL 2019-39 `became-law`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** Ratified
- **2019-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-12** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2019
- **2019-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2019
- **2019-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **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`
- **2019-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d23dc6f-1271-4006-9d26-a703b2b51786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).