---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Administrative Procedure Laws."
description: "Amend Administrative Procedure Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "North Carolina HB 590 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. HEARINGS OFFICE", "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPOINTMENTS", "BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RULES REVIEW COMN.", "ELECTROLYSIS BOARD", "BARBER EXAMINERS BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTROLOGISTS", "NAME CHANGE", "CODIFIER OF RULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister", "Riddell", "Stevens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f2a2dc5-6ac5-43ce-a0f6-197d4c4c5a9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H590&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ddbc44da1c33eede1d823af2202ac461fc6f28f166e76e561f5c3a1946b7e9dd"
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 HB 590 (2019) — Amend Administrative Procedure Laws.

## 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/H590v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H590v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H590v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H590v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H590v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H590v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-140 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10** Ratified
- **2019-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2019
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-03** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Added to Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/03/2019
- **2019-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-15** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f2a2dc5-6ac5-43ce-a0f6-197d4c4c5a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).