republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2019/sb-579.md

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

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Bill	Prison Reform Act of 2019.	Prison Reform Act of 2019.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2019	SB 579	North Carolina SB 579 (2019)	bill	APPROPRIATIONS BUDGETING COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS COUNCILS GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE MANAGEMENT MINORS PAROLE COMN. PAROLE & PROBATION PRESENTED INMATES PUBLIC RATIFIED SENTENCING STUDIES CHAPTERED PROGRAM EVALUATION COMM. PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT. JUSTICE REINVESTMENT COUNCIL	enacted	McKissick Steinburg	6	36	2	2019-04-03	2019-11-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f407fc66-f943-4b42-8c64-e5a7cc64da8e	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S579&votesToView=all	e9cb47fb987deabf649b3c1300f05acea98811787d3e55a2ccaa417b2ccf06b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 579 (2019) — Prison Reform Act of 2019.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2019-236 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion 9 To Concur — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McKissick — primary (person)
• Steinburg — primary (person)
• Britt — cosponsor (person)
• Burgin — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel — cosponsor (person)
• Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• T. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
• Waddell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-01 Ch. SL 2019-236 became-law
• 2019-11-01 Signed by Gov. 11/1/2019 executive-signature
• 2019-10-25 Pres. To Gov. 10/25/2019 executive-receipt
• 2019-10-24 Ratified
• 2019-10-23 Ordered Enrolled
• 2019-10-23 Concurred In H Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2019-10-22 Placed On Cal For 10/23/2019
• 2019-10-22 Withdrawn From Com
• 2019-10-17 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-10-17 Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
• 2019-10-10 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2019-10-09 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2019-10-09 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2019-10-09 Added to Calendar
• 2019-10-09 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2019-10-09 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-10-07 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2019-10-07 Withdrawn From Com
• 2019-08-20 Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2019-08-20 Withdrawn From Com
• 2019-07-04 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2019-07-04 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2019-07-02 Regular Message Received From Senate
• 2019-07-02 Regular Message Sent To House
• 2019-07-01 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2019-07-01 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2019-06-28 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-26 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2019-06-26 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-26 Sequential Referral To Appropriations/Base Budget Stricken
• 2019-04-25 Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 Withdrawn From Com
• 2019-04-04 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f407fc66-f943-4b42-8c64-e5a7cc64da8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).