---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Possession of Skimming Device."
description: "Prohibit Possession of Skimming Device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "North Carolina HB 238 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONSUMER CREDIT", "CRIMES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FRAUD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e91072f-355f-4d3b-9dc9-d642b728b04b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H238"
source_hash: "52c15767a071f0612708048e0f59878e867e28da19ef949b7b3b01dd48407094"
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 238 (2021) — Prohibit Possession of Skimming Device.

## 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/H238v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H238v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H238v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H238v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-68 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22** Ratified
- **2021-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2021
- **2021-06-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** 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
- **2021-03-25** 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** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e91072f-355f-4d3b-9dc9-d642b728b04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).