---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fayetteville PWC/Small Business Enterprise."
description: "Fayetteville PWC/Small Business Enterprise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "North Carolina SB 294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTERS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNTIES", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "FAYETTEVILLE", "FOR-PROFIT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SMALL BUSINESS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["deViere"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785d17ce-a08f-4435-bf25-70eb7d4e0120"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S294"
source_hash: "aed85642a17e5e5d044f99b3867480a8353415d8cd193e6034e6b37918d0872e"
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 294 (2021) — Fayetteville PWC/Small Business Enterprise.

## 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/S294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-66** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- deViere — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-66 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Ratified
- **2021-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Re-ref to State and Local Government. 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/785d17ce-a08f-4435-bf25-70eb7d4e0120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).