---
type: "Bill"
title: "2021 AOC Legislative Changes.-AB"
description: "2021 AOC Legislative Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "North Carolina SB 255 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "APPOINTMENTS", "ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF JUSTICE", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMN.", "DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTERS", "ETHICS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUDGES", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "JUDICIAL STANDARDS COMN.", "JURIES", "JUVENILE CODE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAGISTRATES", "MALPRACTICE", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORS", "OATHS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RENTALS & LEASING", "SHERIFFS", "SUPERIOR COURT", "SUPREME COURT", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELECONFERENCING", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce8d5c5-0618-4fb4-9401-7386dd5b6ad0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S255"
source_hash: "62b5b0ca589ba9da5f102df7363c4648c3839934bcadfcc2a1eda3881c4c1409"
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 255 (2021) — 2021 AOC Legislative Changes.-AB

## 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/S255v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51983/0/S255-A-NBC-8984)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S255v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-18** Ch. SL 2021-47 `became-law`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Gov. 6/18/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Ratified
- **2021-06-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-08** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/08/2021
- **2021-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-02** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-27** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-31** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce8d5c5-0618-4fb4-9401-7386dd5b6ad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).