---
type: "Bill"
title: "Police Vehicle and Equipment Protection Act."
description: "Police Vehicle and Equipment Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 761"
citation: "North Carolina HB 761 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "NATIONAL GUARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SENTENCING", "SESSION LAWS", "THEFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Boles", "Faircloth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d94fe866-fb33-49d3-9d2f-9f80b14b3d0a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H761"
source_hash: "66b617b24d07bdc4cbae096baae74e326e6c11a149164c5e240dba76855b64cc"
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 761 (2021) — Police Vehicle and Equipment Protection Act.

## 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/H761v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H761v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H761v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H761v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H761v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **97–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Ch. SL 2021-167 `became-law`
- **2021-10-15** Signed by Gov. 10/15/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Pres. To Gov. 10/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-07** Ratified
- **2021-10-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-10-07** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-06** Placed On Cal For 10/07/2021
- **2021-10-06** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-10-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-10-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-09-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 4, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** 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/d94fe866-fb33-49d3-9d2f-9f80b14b3d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).