---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arson Law Revisions."
description: "Arson Law Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "North Carolina HB 315 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARSON", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIRE MARSHALL", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SBI", "VOLUNTEERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "McNeill", "Saine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2022-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c272b003-ab9c-4714-981c-095537ee8054"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H315"
source_hash: "fd5f8f6a2a8f5d857c47617289cd51f6ec54e033ec7c545967025f37c5a5f964"
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 315 (2021) — Arson Law Revisions.

## 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/H315v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2022-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H315v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **89–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-14** Ch. SL 2022-8 `became-law`
- **2022-06-14** Signed by Gov. 6/14/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-13** Ratified
- **2022-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-09** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, 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/c272b003-ab9c-4714-981c-095537ee8054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).