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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "GSC People First Language 2019."
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description: "GSC People First Language 2019."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 556"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 556 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INCOMPETENTS", "LANGUAGES", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PSYCHIATRY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "SURPLUS PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Hise"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-04-02"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642e93a5-de99-43a4-98a9-abcb0e8d169d"
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source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S556&votesToView=all"
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source_hash: "f6936b695b501609745bfc8c01de792c7dbbe0a5d06666d47928863cd8fd842e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina SB 556 (2019) — GSC People First Language 2019.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v0.pdf)
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2. **A1: AMN-5-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4981/0/S556-AMN-5-V-4)
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3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v1.pdf)
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4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v2.pdf)
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5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v3.pdf)
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6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v4.pdf)
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7. **SL 2019-76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S556v5.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
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- A1 Davis Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Hise — primary (person)
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- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
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- Perry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-07-01** Ch. SL 2019-76 `became-law`
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- **2019-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2019 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-26** Ratified
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- **2019-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2019-06-25** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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- **2019-06-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2019-06-20** Ordered Engrossed
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- **2019-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-06-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2019
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- **2019-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2019-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-30** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2019-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
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- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
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- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/642e93a5-de99-43a4-98a9-abcb0e8d169d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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