---
type: "Bill"
title: "Temporarily Waive ABC Permit Renewal Fees."
description: "Temporarily Waive ABC Permit Renewal Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "North Carolina HB 73 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "FEES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lambeth", "Moffitt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6cc65d-c0f3-4a62-be36-5e8ce3afb188"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H73"
source_hash: "361e8a2bebc7d84fec56a2064e0480acb367d7ac88e12e7973aec8a8cb26bdc8"
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 73 (2021) — Temporarily Waive ABC Permit Renewal 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/H73v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H73v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H73v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H73v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H73v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H73v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Everitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-16** Ch. SL 2021-105 `became-law`
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Gov. 8/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-05** Ratified
- **2021-08-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-04** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/04/2021
- **2021-08-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2021-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-07-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-07-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-07-22** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-06-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-04-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-04-15** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2021-04-15** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-04-14** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-03-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-15** Ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a6cc65d-c0f3-4a62-be36-5e8ce3afb188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).