---
type: "Bill"
title: "Qualifications for Sheriff/Expunction."
description: "Qualifications for Sheriff/Expunction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "North Carolina HB 312 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SHERIFF'S TRAINING COMN.", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Greene", "McNeill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75594155-6f6d-41f3-828b-acb7abd98269"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H312"
source_hash: "95363b3cc192c92ee60c1494f8551e5e8073454a254e582662c53411d79ffccb"
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 312 (2021) — Qualifications for Sheriff/Expunction.

## 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/H312v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H312v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H312v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H312v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H312v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-107** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H312v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **31–10** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **71–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Greene — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-16** Ch. SL 2021-107 `became-law`
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Gov. 8/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-05** Ratified
- **2021-08-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-04** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-02** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2021
- **2021-07-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-07-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-01** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75594155-6f6d-41f3-828b-acb7abd98269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).