---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Waiting Period Under LGERS/VFDF Grants."
description: "No Waiting Period Under LGERS/VFDF Grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "North Carolina SB 311 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "TITLE CHANGE", "VOLUNTEERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60aade44-6491-43db-b141-aa0eb2f5996f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S311"
source_hash: "23d516d3f2aca2bc73eee666f75f70a79d2934d8d980f0de5bb925fc369d1c51"
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 311 (2021) — No Waiting Period Under LGERS/VFDF Grants.

## 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/S311v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABC-70-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53229/0/S311-ABC-70-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v7.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report Third Reading For Adoption — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-10** Ch. SL 2021-178 `became-law`
- **2021-11-10** Signed by Gov. 11/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-04** Pres. To Gov. 11/4/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-04** Ratified
- **2021-11-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-11-04** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2021-11-04** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2021-11-03** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2021-11-03** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2021-11-02** Placed On Cal For 11/03/2021
- **2021-11-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2021-11-02** Ruled Material
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-11-02** Placed On Cal For 11/03/2021
- **2021-11-02** Conf Held As Material
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-11-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-11-02** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2021-11-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-11-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-10-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-10-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-10-20** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-10-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-10-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-20** Added to Calendar
- **2021-10-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-10-20** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60aade44-6491-43db-b141-aa0eb2f5996f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).