---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety Reform."
description: "Public Safety Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 560"
citation: "North Carolina HB 560 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ETHICS", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GEOLOGY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INMATES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LIABILITY", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MOTOR FLEET", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PAROLE COMN.", "PERSONNEL", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "SAFETY", "SENTENCING", "SESSION LAWS", "SEX OFFENSES", "STATE BUILDINGS", "SURVEYORS & SURVEYING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Jones", "Boles", "Logan"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ccbe99-08c0-45c3-8749-d82488833fc8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H560"
source_hash: "5bce950c7a4cafa5bc922692c1b53de9abe56968cf0f4c78e6b55959905ce55a"
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 560 (2021) — Public Safety Reform.

## 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/H560v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-17-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51387/0/H560-ASA-17-V-1)
3. **A1: ASA-86-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/55048/0/H560-ASA-86-V-3)
4. **A3: ASA-16-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51384/0/H560-ASA-16-V-1)
5. **A4: ASA-15-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51382/0/H560-ASA-15-V-1)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v4.pdf)
10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v5.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v6.pdf)
12. **SL 2022-58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H560v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Jones — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Logan — primary (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-58 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-30** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-29** Engrossed
- **2022-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2022
- **2022-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2022-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** 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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92ccbe99-08c0-45c3-8749-d82488833fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).