---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail Bond/Bondsmen Provisions/Other Changes."
description: "Bail Bond/Bondsmen Provisions/Other Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "North Carolina HB 252 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "CHAPTERED", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMPLOYMENT", "JUVENILE CODE", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESIDENCY", "SENTENCING", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "McNeill", "Richardson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2022-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/902d8c28-5515-4bef-88d9-ff610f7a7861"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H252"
source_hash: "421c1164a61e103f0a3d7a3f3585c2c5d73c5c0bca79207957af4cfefe005ed6"
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 252 (2021) — Bail Bond/Bondsmen Provisions/Other Changes.

## 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/H252v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2022-73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H252v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Richardson — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-11** Ch. SL 2022-73 `became-law`
- **2022-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-23** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2022-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-19** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/902d8c28-5515-4bef-88d9-ff610f7a7861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).