---
type: "Bill"
title: "Swain County Sheriff Vacancies."
description: "Swain County Sheriff Vacancies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "North Carolina HB 143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CORONERS", "COUNTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "SWAIN COUNTY", "VACANCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c074fe8e-634f-437a-9075-5fd97e942daf"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H143"
source_hash: "7e09db8e0ae91743267079f875eb0f2cf293a2c3e1a309c8446b63611efba021"
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 HB 143 (2021) — Swain County Sheriff Vacancies.

## 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/House/PDF/H143v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H143v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H143v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H143v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H143v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-09** Ch. SL 2021-141 `became-law`
- **2021-09-09** Ratified
- **2021-09-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-08** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-03** Placed On Cal For 09/08/2021
- **2021-09-03** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-09-01** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-09-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-17** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-20** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Placed On Cal For 03/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-03-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c074fe8e-634f-437a-9075-5fd97e942daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).