---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Remote Business Access."
description: "Modernize Remote Business Access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "North Carolina HB 320 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS", "HOUSING", "INSURANCE", "NONPROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELECOMMUTING", "TELECONFERENCING", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford", "D. Hall", "Paré"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb16fb08-da12-426f-a796-a793e9310e9d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H320"
source_hash: "99660680f269a4682c052d23578e12ca1c0b515f9ea77b155fced81a13e5afaa"
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 320 (2021) — Modernize Remote Business Access.

## 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/H320v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H320v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Paré — primary (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-20** Ch. SL 2021-162 `became-law`
- **2021-09-20** Signed by Gov. 9/20/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-17** Pres. To Gov. 9/17/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-16** Ratified
- **2021-09-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-13** Placed On Cal For 09/15/2021
- **2021-09-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-09-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-09-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-09-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-09-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/25/2021
- **2021-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** 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/cb16fb08-da12-426f-a796-a793e9310e9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).