---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Justice Reform."
description: "Criminal Justice Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "North Carolina SB 300 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHAPTERED", "CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINGERPRINTING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAGISTRATES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "REPORTING", "SBI", "SEX OFFENSES", "SHERIFF'S TRAINING COMN.", "SHERIFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Daniel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b38d53-a0f6-4e51-b0e2-30e2a3c2754b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S300"
source_hash: "14f483b218d30773e5a121fca814f8b4918b4e6fe2a77cac7efe90bee5ec930f"
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 300 (2021) — Criminal Justice Reform.

## 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/S300v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-60-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51846/0/S300-ATT-60-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v7.pdf)
10. **SL 2021-138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S300v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **100–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-02** Ch. SL 2021-138 `became-law`
- **2021-09-02** Signed by Gov. 9/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-25** Ratified
- **2021-08-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-24** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-23** Placed On Cal For 08/24/2021
- **2021-08-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-18** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-08-18** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-08-18** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-24** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** 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`
- **2021-05-12** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-12** Engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-05** 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
- **2021-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89b38d53-a0f6-4e51-b0e2-30e2a3c2754b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).