---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bennett College Accredit./Private Need-Based."
description: "Bennett College Accredit./Private Need-Based."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "North Carolina SB 212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "GREENSBORO", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID", "TUITION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62eb1251-9dab-40cc-bc80-43978ce4f46c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S212"
source_hash: "ebddf38a73fc18c7a74bc31244b98de82af3d2518ec7fff36f1b6ec5c1f4aa94"
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 212 (2021) — Bennett College Accredit./Private Need-Based.

## 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/S212v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S212v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S212v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S212v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-27** Ch. SL 2021-15 `became-law`
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Gov. 4/27/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Pres. To Gov. 4/23/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Ratified
- **2021-04-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed On Cal For 04/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2021-03-30** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62eb1251-9dab-40cc-bc80-43978ce4f46c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).