---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Expunction Eligibility."
description: "Expand Expunction Eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "North Carolina SB 301 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEFINITIONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Daniel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8921f16e-2823-4ae3-bb12-13c8c161b721"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S301"
source_hash: "8d09f1f1a0da112141d2be2d22901aa641ec3dcd7155a5e5b7a8590e409616db"
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 301 (2021) — Expand Expunction Eligibility.

## 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/S301v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-17-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/2050/0/S301-ATT-17-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S301v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-26** Ch. SL 2021-118 `became-law`
- **2021-08-26** Signed by Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 8/20/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-19** Ratified
- **2021-08-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-18** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-17** Placed On Cal For 08/18/2021
- **2021-08-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-08-16** Placed On Cal For 08/17/2021
- **2021-08-16** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-08-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-09** Placed On Cal For 08/11/2021
- **2021-08-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-08-05** Placed On Cal For 08/10/2021
- **2021-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-05** Reptd Fav `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
- **2021-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-31** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed
- **2021-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Placed On Cal For 03/30/2021
- **2021-03-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **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
- **2021-03-16** 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/8921f16e-2823-4ae3-bb12-13c8c161b721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).