republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2019/hb-474.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Death by Distribution.	Death by Distribution.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2019	HB 474	North Carolina HB 474 (2019)	bill	CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COURTS CRIMES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEATH & DYING PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SENTENCING HOMICIDE CHAPTERED SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING	enacted	Arp C. Smith D. Hall	8	34	2	2019-03-26	2019-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/444c0382-53cc-4807-9e56-14e1c2b4b53d	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H474&votesToView=all	55563a1575f7fb9f5507fb3eb34052635e1244bc01002e6076dee8c6c8fde68b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 474 (2019) — Death by Distribution.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. A1: ABD-10-V-1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
7. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
8. SL 2019-83 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 36–10 (pass) · upper
• M11 Concur — 82–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arp — primary (person)
• C. Smith — primary (person)
• D. Hall — primary (person)
• B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Conrad — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
• Hanig — cosponsor (person)
• Horn — cosponsor (person)
• Hurley — cosponsor (person)
• Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
• Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
• McNeill — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Riddell — cosponsor (person)
• Ross — cosponsor (person)
• Strickland — cosponsor (person)
• Warren — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Willingham — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-07-08 Ch. SL 2019-83 became-law
• 2019-07-08 Signed by Gov. 7/8/2019 executive-signature
• 2019-06-28 Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-06-27 Ratified
• 2019-06-27 Ordered Enrolled
• 2019-06-27 Concurred In S Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2019-06-26 Placed On Cal For 06/27/2019
• 2019-06-26 Cal Pursuant 36(b)
• 2019-06-26 Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
• 2019-06-26 Special Message Sent To House
• 2019-06-26 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-26 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2019-06-25 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-19 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2019-06-19 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-20 Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-05-20 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 Special Message Received From House
• 2019-05-06 Special Message Sent To Senate
• 2019-05-06 Ordered Engrossed
• 2019-05-06 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2019-05-06 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-06 Amend Adopted A1 amendment-passage
• 2019-05-03 Placed On Cal For 05/06/2019
• 2019-05-03 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2019-05-03 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2019-04-26 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-26 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/444c0382-53cc-4807-9e56-14e1c2b4b53d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).