---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Deadline for Police Telecommunicators."
description: "Extend Deadline for Police Telecommunicators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "North Carolina HB 203 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Faircloth", "McNeill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63272cbf-9f52-4a6c-95cd-f5c4c32b0bb8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H203"
source_hash: "591e1ec2c23896162199ad91c9a2e5bc1c3bf70f5de47d7ccce77a5939f3b4eb"
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 203 (2021) — Extend Deadline for Police Telecommunicators.

## 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/H203v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H203v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H203v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H203v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Pless — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Ch. SL 2021-34 `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Ratified
- **2021-06-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63272cbf-9f52-4a6c-95cd-f5c4c32b0bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).