---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age Requirement Modifications/Capital Project Oversight/Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) Correction."
description: "Age Requirement Modifications/Capital Project Oversight/Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) Correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 661"
citation: "North Carolina HB 661 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BEER & WINE", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Moffitt", "Pless"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-22"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/621ff0c3-12e5-4d16-8460-6b34f0624b9d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H661"
source_hash: "cfea24146bc58f01e39672b0c5102971772705af0572a69d2edc8b74301942ed"
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 661 (2021) — Age Requirement Modifications/Capital Project Oversight/Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD) Correction.

## 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/H661v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H661v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H661v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H661v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2022-69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H661v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Pless — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-69 `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
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2022-06-30** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-30** Special Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-31** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31** 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Ref to the Com on Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/621ff0c3-12e5-4d16-8460-6b34f0624b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).