---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum Contracts/Coastal Dredging Services."
description: "Minimum Contracts/Coastal Dredging Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "North Carolina HB 735 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CHAPTERED", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PORTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Iler", "McElraft"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5560179c-a468-4098-8c3f-cb8192d50fa9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H735"
source_hash: "e0d117584afe7f872484ba0d7c98c1bd75f28d8be72664a5ff62267091230a9a"
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 735 (2021) — Minimum Contracts/Coastal Dredging Services.

## 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/H735v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H735v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H735v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H735v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Iler — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-22** Ch. SL 2021-92 `became-law`
- **2021-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-15** Ratified
- **2021-07-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 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`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref to the Com on Marine Resources and Aqua Culture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-03** Ref to the Com on Environment, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5560179c-a468-4098-8c3f-cb8192d50fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).