---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Law Enforcement Recruitment."
description: "UNC Law Enforcement Recruitment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 390"
citation: "North Carolina SB 390 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMPANY POLICE", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TUITION", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Lee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a9d455-b3a4-428d-ab57-bf76d65668df"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S390"
source_hash: "5b7d4545380ace8ac119d0c1f26c107a51ce6edcc307cabd0df2db942a3b45ab"
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 390 (2021) — UNC Law Enforcement Recruitment.

## 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/S390v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S390v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S390v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S390v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-07** Ch. SL 2021-20 `became-law`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Gov. 5/7/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** Pres. To Gov. 5/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Ratified
- **2021-05-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35a9d455-b3a4-428d-ab57-bf76d65668df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).