---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Auditor Clarifying Amendments."
description: "State Auditor Clarifying Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "North Carolina HB 461 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INVESTIGATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "STATE AUDITOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Setzer", "Szoka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337ac4a4-8bf7-4c28-be76-55bbcbeebef6"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H461"
source_hash: "43c15246300bbc7156fdfd981e82f84d02eabf38363742fdc175284d8c67bfea"
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 461 (2021) — State Auditor Clarifying Amendments.

## 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/H461v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATM-9-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52579/0/H461-ATM-9-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H461v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H461v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H461v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **69–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-23** Ch. SL 2021-112 `became-law`
- **2021-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-13** Pres. To Gov. 8/13/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-12** Ratified
- **2021-08-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-11** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-08-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2021-08-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-04** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/337ac4a4-8bf7-4c28-be76-55bbcbeebef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).