---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjourn to Date Certain then Sine Die."
description: "Adjourn to Date Certain then Sine Die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SJR 870"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 870 (2019)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "CHAPTERED", "ADJOURNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-26"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6b091f8-f0b4-4777-8126-338b4345cd39"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S870&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9900b7f93a2e812cbe81599aeca4a4c9c038f3e09bcd8dec07fce8b00727db5e"
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 870 (2019) — Adjourn to Date Certain then Sine Die.

## 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/S870v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-54-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/8545/0/S870-AMM-54-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S870v1.pdf)
4. **Resolution 2020-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S870v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **100–3** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-26** Ch. Res 2020-5 `became-law`
- **2020-06-26** Ratified
- **2020-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-26** Concurred In H Amend S870v1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2020-06-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-26** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-26** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2020-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-06-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6b091f8-f0b4-4777-8126-338b4345cd39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).