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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Testing Reduction Act of 2019."
description: "Testing Reduction Act of 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "North Carolina SB 621 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPT. OF", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Tillman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d5f7f1-4b0b-410c-9d5b-2579672ab8cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S621&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "31396e9aa1b9408c6b0b2cc919a3e7f4d34613dda88c23847ba202665d1d42f2"
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 621 (2019) — Testing Reduction Act of 2019.
## 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/S621v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-63-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5544/0/S621-ATC-63-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S621v7.pdf)
## Votes
- C RPT Adoption — **10512** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **430** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ballard — primary (person)
- Tillman — primary (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-04** Ch. SL 2019-212 `became-law`
- **2019-09-04** Signed by Gov. 9/4/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-28** Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-27** Ratified
- **2019-08-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-22** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2019
- **2019-08-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-08-22** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-21** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2019
- **2019-08-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-07-18** Conferees Changed
- **2019-07-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-07-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-07-15** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2019
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d5f7f1-4b0b-410c-9d5b-2579672ab8cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).