---
type: "Bill"
title: "Use of Career & Technical Funds/Onslow County."
description: "Use of Career & Technical Funds/Onslow County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "North Carolina SB 421 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "BUILDINGS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78212b4f-e7c3-462c-b7f1-ab9376f02231"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S421&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e1ead8f6bf8878635060db969731e5ca6ad3f7797729a497ef36d41b41976503"
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 421 (2017) — Use of Career & Technical Funds/Onslow County.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-15** Ch. SL 2017-33 `became-law`
- **2017-06-15** Signed by Gov. 6/15/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-05** Ratified
- **2017-06-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2017
- **2017-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-10** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Serial Referral To Appropriations Added
- **2017-05-09** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-04-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78212b4f-e7c3-462c-b7f1-ab9376f02231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).