---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend ABC Permit Renewal Fee Deferral."
description: "Extend ABC Permit Renewal Fee Deferral."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "EXECUTIVE ORDERS", "GOVERNOR", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Boles", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ed67de-3fc5-4741-b2f8-90ce1349e671"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H4"
source_hash: "cae291d4ad8d56257b0543bfde456ab1b1e2801f67d92160aab4523845a14939"
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 4 (2021) — Extend ABC Permit Renewal Fee Deferral.

## 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/H4v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-1-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/212/0/H4-ATQ-1-V-1)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/416/0/H4-A-NBC-8701)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2021-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H4v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lofton — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Paré — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Ch. SL 2021-2 `became-law`
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Gov. 2/25/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-17** Pres. To Gov. 2/17/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-17** Ratified
- **2021-02-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Added to Calendar
- **2021-02-17** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-02-17** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-02-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed
- **2021-02-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-02-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-02-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-02-04** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-02-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Added to Calendar
- **2021-02-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-02-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6ed67de-3fc5-4741-b2f8-90ce1349e671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).