republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2019/sb-381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reconstitute/Clarify Boards and Commissions."
description: "Reconstitute/Clarify Boards and Commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "North Carolina SB 381 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CHILD CARE COMN.", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND BOARD", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "DAY CARE", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PARKS & RECREATION AUTHORITY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BD.", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "SECURITY SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "STATE BUILDING COMN.", "STATE BUILDINGS", "WATER RESOURCES", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND", "CHAPTERED", "NAME CHANGE", "RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells", "Woodard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4cdbfc-4a98-4bf8-8437-3fde05f4f824"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S381&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a0575395ed15b99b4eec23037d04230d91e754900de77f52099610edbbf68004"
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 SB 381 (2019) — Reconstitute/Clarify Boards and Commissions.

## 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/S381v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATU-25-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4760/0/S381-ATU-25-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-32** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S381v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)
- Woodard — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** Ch. SL 2019-32 `became-law`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** Ratified
- **2019-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-11** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-05** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2019
- **2019-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a4cdbfc-4a98-4bf8-8437-3fde05f4f824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).