---
type: "Bill"
title: "State of State."
description: "State of State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HJR 603"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 603 (2021)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "JOINT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RESOLUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-19"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2afeb9-9cea-4b81-93ca-f21674a0f770"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H603"
source_hash: "1072995bce25f760555ba2e73aaf9dee41881b8f4a6ec5ac4e93834e4a09854a"
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 HJR 603 (2021) — State of State.

## 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/H603v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H603v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2021-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H603v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper-Suggs — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Everitt — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-22** Ch. Res 2021-3 `became-law`
- **2021-04-22** Ratified
- **2021-04-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-04-20** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Cal Pursuant 32
- **2021-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2afeb9-9cea-4b81-93ca-f21674a0f770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).