---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Anatomical Gift Donation Process."
description: "Improve Anatomical Gift Donation Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "North Carolina SB 135 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "ORGAN DONATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fcdc94-fba7-4c79-a585-940c835d2b29"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S135"
source_hash: "ae61f2657d481f0b5dbf00f0353871e25ddc12fe560ace67caefb0e8ba2ad48b"
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 SB 135 (2021) — Improve Anatomical Gift Donation Process.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S135v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S135v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S135v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S135v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S135v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Ch. SL 2021-32 `became-law`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by Gov. 6/14/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Ratified
- **2021-06-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 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`
- **2021-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82fcdc94-fba7-4c79-a585-940c835d2b29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).