---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Remote Meetings During Emergencies."
description: "Clarify Remote Meetings During Emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 812"
citation: "North Carolina HB 812 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELECONFERENCING", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Hanig", "Paré"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-04"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8655f44f-887f-43a6-952c-851470473fca"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H812"
source_hash: "4509cbd085b33c082b2abf63571099e45af11d1ce72e3aeb5840aaabfc984532"
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 812 (2021) — Clarify Remote Meetings During Emergencies.

## 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/H812v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H812v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H812v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H812v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Hanig — primary (person)
- Paré — primary (person)
- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Ch. SL 2021-35 `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Ratified
- **2021-06-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **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** Reptd Fav `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`
- **2021-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8655f44f-887f-43a6-952c-851470473fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).