---
type: "Bill"
title: "Re-Stagger Terms/Aldermen/N.Topsail Beach."
description: "Re-Stagger Terms/Aldermen/N.Topsail Beach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "North Carolina SB 194 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "RATIFIED", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d935cf1-c12b-42dd-9050-34a2e71b518a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S194"
source_hash: "f36402548c970b1eb5b61d9b17818f5c98ed4f1f90d7a864fab6690ca7ed0e8d"
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 194 (2021) — Re-Stagger Terms/Aldermen/N.Topsail Beach.

## 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/S194v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S194v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S194v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S194v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S194v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23** Ch. SL 2021-49 `became-law`
- **2021-06-23** Ratified
- **2021-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-22** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2021
- **2021-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2021
- **2021-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d935cf1-c12b-42dd-9050-34a2e71b518a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).