---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend NC Controlled Substances Act."
description: "Amend NC Controlled Substances Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "North Carolina SB 321 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lazzara", "McInnis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a534f1d4-b56d-466b-a93d-ab36934451d6"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S321"
source_hash: "86bf49d9f48d3412c46c0ad105bd9dfa108fbfc9f9068613ffcea3a73b56b9da"
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 321 (2021) — Amend NC Controlled Substances Act.

## 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/S321v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-6-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/2301/0/S321-ACE-6-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lazzara — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Ch. SL 2021-155 `became-law`
- **2021-09-16** Signed by Gov. 9/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-07** Pres. To Gov. 9/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-03** Ratified
- **2021-09-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-31** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-31** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-01** Engrossed
- **2021-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a534f1d4-b56d-466b-a93d-ab36934451d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).