---
type: "Bill"
title: "Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Yrs."
description: "Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Yrs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "North Carolina SB 35 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c8bafd-172e-4493-98d1-2bc9377cad30"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S35"
source_hash: "ce7864bab476fdcfc0279f7871d48a1d03f2d37f44cf2379bb93330faa167134"
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 35 (2021) — Max 4-Yr Age Diff to Marry Under 18 Yrs.

## 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/S35v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-54-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51855/0/S35-ATT-54-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S35v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-26** Ch. SL 2021-119 `became-law`
- **2021-08-26** Signed by Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-19** Pres. To Gov. 8/19/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-18** Ratified
- **2021-08-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-17** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2021
- **2021-08-12** 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`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On Families, Children, and Aging Policy `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Families, Children, and Aging Policy, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** 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`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60c8bafd-172e-4493-98d1-2bc9377cad30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).