---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges in Stanly/Montgomery Counties."
description: "Judges in Stanly/Montgomery Counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "North Carolina HB 476 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ELECTIONS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "JUDGES", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "STANLY COUNTY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moss", "R. Smith", "Sasser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a806adae-d338-4b92-ab42-dcda82449cd2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H476"
source_hash: "67a5b8a0a51ed7e6a49948a04c2e83ba912445ad41b3878f39082bc6e48aa618"
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 476 (2021) — Judges in Stanly/Montgomery Counties.

## 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/H476v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H476v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H476v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H476v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H476v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moss — primary (person)
- R. Smith — primary (person)
- Sasser — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper-Suggs — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hurtado — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-148 `became-law`
- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-02** Pres. To Gov. 9/2/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-01** Ratified
- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-17** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a806adae-d338-4b92-ab42-dcda82449cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).