---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gen. Contractors/Plumbing/Electr. Exempt."
description: "Gen. Contractors/Plumbing/Electr. Exempt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 316"
citation: "North Carolina SB 316 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION", "ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "GENERAL CONTRACTORS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jarvis", "Johnson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f89adde1-85cf-48af-9426-e4bf93adfcb0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S316"
source_hash: "97a21a530b0898611ebd3f7d6b6f9b88904f2e88bef0b05f6dd184cfd65321fb"
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 316 (2021) — Gen. Contractors/Plumbing/Electr. Exempt.

## 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/S316v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABH-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51889/0/S316-ABH-21-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S316v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jarvis — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-30** Ch. SL 2021-122 `became-law`
- **2021-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-23** Ratified
- **2021-08-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-19** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-08-19** Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken
- **2021-08-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-13** Engrossed
- **2021-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** 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`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f89adde1-85cf-48af-9426-e4bf93adfcb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).