---
type: "Bill"
title: "SBCC Elections."
description: "SBCC Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SJR 280"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 280 (2019)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Horner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4b11a7-3b0e-408b-9c97-227da11031cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S280&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "06db2772f5ff8c614c45c2b4bf449ec0391b8b9c92933345e995b890e1f312f1"
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 SJR 280 (2019) — SBCC Elections.

## 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/S280v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S280v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2019-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S280v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Horner — primary (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** Ch. Res 2019-5 `became-law`
- **2019-03-21** Ratified
- **2019-03-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed On Cal For 03/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-03-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** 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/9e4b11a7-3b0e-408b-9c97-227da11031cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).