---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Mayor's Term to 4 Years/Carolina Shores."
description: "Extend Mayor's Term to 4 Years/Carolina Shores."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "North Carolina HB 229 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CAROLINA SHORES", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb717ca-cac6-4e13-9681-1c6c3a828b57"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H229"
source_hash: "6fc7ec5c76dabce25dea9932ec8ad10deea8299ddfc5ccdddf7944e6529bf66e"
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 229 (2021) — Extend Mayor's Term to 4 Years/Carolina Shores.

## 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/H229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H229v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H229v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H229v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Iler — primary (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-03** Ch. SL 2021-139 `became-law`
- **2021-09-03** Ratified
- **2021-09-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-01** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-31** Placed On Cal For 09/01/2021
- **2021-08-31** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-31** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-31** Special 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
- **2021-06-07** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-01** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb717ca-cac6-4e13-9681-1c6c3a828b57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).