---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Transaction Fees/Official Fees."
description: "Electronic Transaction Fees/Official Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "North Carolina HB 685 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER CREDIT", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "FEES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LOANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hall", "Strickland", "Szoka"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-26"
last_action: "2021-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c978e75-9901-4bfc-9d53-fee9c3450fb5"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H685"
source_hash: "0caad0ff30ef10322a48975395adadaff8cb8ef733798dbaf2ebbf3f8f718ebd"
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 685 (2021) — Electronic Transaction Fees/Official Fees.

## 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/H685v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H685v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H685v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H685v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **40–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-20** Ch. SL 2021-159 `became-law`
- **2021-09-20** Signed by Gov. 9/20/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-10** Pres. To Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-09** Ratified
- **2021-09-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-25** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** 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`
- **2021-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2021
- **2021-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Ref to the Com on Banking, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c978e75-9901-4bfc-9d53-fee9c3450fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).