---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Education Changes."
description: "Various Education Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "North Carolina HB 78 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMPUTERS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RESIDENCY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "STEM", "STUDENTS", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "UNC", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Clemmons", "Elmore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eae8e55-0826-45f7-9d86-a2fab2302e8f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H78"
source_hash: "71f24e29e3f83b6f8895dc673d1b6211f561032593d801416208159e8efaab01"
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 78 (2021) — Various Education Changes.

## 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/H78v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Clemmons — primary (person)
- Elmore — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-23** Ch. SL 2021-111 `became-law`
- **2021-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-13** Pres. To Gov. 8/13/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-12** Ratified
- **2021-08-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-11** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-02-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-02-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Placed On Cal For 02/24/2021
- **2021-02-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-02-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** 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/3eae8e55-0826-45f7-9d86-a2fab2302e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).