---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Health Standard for Lead."
description: "Revise Health Standard for Lead."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "North Carolina HB 272 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "WATER RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adcock", "Lambeth", "Warren"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f2c18f-3cc1-433f-91b1-3228107e2918"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H272"
source_hash: "ee38f78aec74ae3747f6bb0d00c7f8870d7f52c7111f0d5f2bcbdc600a91881f"
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 272 (2021) — Revise Health Standard for Lead.

## 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/H272v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H272v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H272v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H272v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H272v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adcock — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper-Suggs — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-69 `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`
- **2021-06-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-20** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7f2c18f-3cc1-433f-91b1-3228107e2918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).