---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dignity for Women Who are Incarcerated."
description: "Dignity for Women Who are Incarcerated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "North Carolina HB 608 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HYGIENE PRODUCTS", "INMATES", "JAILS", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "PERSONNEL", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clemmons", "K. Baker", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-20"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6fb9a55-1d45-4df5-8e43-5e02135d7825"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H608"
source_hash: "e2bc77a8621a2ac8a8d273b669b84e3c2c7281579eda981fa72ebcf5e718361b"
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 608 (2021) — Dignity for Women Who are Incarcerated.

## 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/H608v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H608v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H608v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H608v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H608v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-143** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H608v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clemmons — primary (person)
- K. Baker — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper-Suggs — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Everitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Hurtado — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lofton — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Paré — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-143 `became-law`
- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 9/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-01** Ratified
- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-31** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-30** Placed On Cal For 08/31/2021
- **2021-08-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-10** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6fb9a55-1d45-4df5-8e43-5e02135d7825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).