---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ignition Interlock/Various Changes."
description: "Ignition Interlock/Various Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "North Carolina SB 183 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "COURTS COMN.", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DWI", "FEES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "ID SYSTEMS", "IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES", "JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "STUDIES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02294e74-51c9-4f58-944d-c66cfa50302d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S183"
source_hash: "7e94f24327f8f299bb6ab5e6846063182bcdf54ef67157316149a34593092813"
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 183 (2021) — Ignition Interlock/Various 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/Senate/PDF/S183v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABE-48-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53143/0/S183-ABE-48-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S183v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-18** Ch. SL 2021-182 `became-law`
- **2021-11-18** Signed by Gov. 11/18/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-09** Pres. To Gov. 11/9/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-08** Ratified
- **2021-11-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-11-04** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-11-03** Placed On Cal For 11/04/2021
- **2021-11-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-11-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-11-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-11-02** Placed On Cal For 11/03/2021
- **2021-11-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-11-02** Added to Calendar
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-10-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-10-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-10-06** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2021-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/06/2021
- **2021-10-04** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-09-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-09-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2021
- **2021-09-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-09-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2021
- **2021-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02294e74-51c9-4f58-944d-c66cfa50302d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).