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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021."
+description: "The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 220"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 220 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "BUSES", "CALENDAR", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CURRICULUM", "DEFINITIONS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SURVEYS & POLLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Lee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-09"
+last_action: "2021-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7b9698-6c75-467e-bf5a-8c3b32c1b27e"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S220"
+source_hash: "7e7093ae3bb2e3b238a733caa9ae1dfa7e1d334971c09c2547367c842182894c"
+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 220 (2021) — The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2021-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballard — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Britt — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Craven — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
+- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
+- Galey — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
+- Hise — cosponsor (person)
+- Newton — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
+- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Ch. SL 2021-4 `became-law`
+- **2021-03-11** Signed by Gov. 3/11/2021 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-11** Pres. To Gov. 3/11/2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-11** Ratified
+- **2021-03-11** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2021-03-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-11** Added to Calendar
+- **2021-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2021-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** Special Message Received From Senate
+- **2021-03-10** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2021-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2021-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2021-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-10** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e7b9698-6c75-467e-bf5a-8c3b32c1b27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+