---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove Identification Mark/Increase Punishment."
description: "Remove Identification Mark/Increase Punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "North Carolina HB 743 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "AGRICULTURE", "CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FRAUD", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "THEFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26c102b7-849c-4da2-96fb-38397ead190b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H743"
source_hash: "b15a801a502c80e83bb41c271a3bed58767cc9ca32462e2bc892c3e2e10b12f0"
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 743 (2021) — Remove Identification Mark/Increase Punishment.

## 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/H743v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H743v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H743v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H743v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H743v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H743v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Ch. SL 2021-36 `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Ratified
- **2021-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-09** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-06-08** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-06-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** 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`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26c102b7-849c-4da2-96fb-38397ead190b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).