---
type: "Bill"
title: "System Development Fees Update."
description: "System Development Fees Update."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "North Carolina HB 344 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAX COLLECTION", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Hanig", "Hardister"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac49b580-39a2-444a-97dc-da0e84d2cdf2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H344"
source_hash: "bf5579252764c74d63432b01c80ba4a8cc6164f9e9aca91a78669dae65639043"
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 344 (2021) — System Development Fees Update.

## 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/H344v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H344v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H344v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H344v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H344v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H344v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Hanig — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Everitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-76 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24** Ratified
- **2021-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Serial Referral To Local Government Stricken
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac49b580-39a2-444a-97dc-da0e84d2cdf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).