---
type: "Bill"
title: "CC/In-State Tuition and Board Elections."
description: "CC/In-State Tuition and Board Elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "North Carolina SB 421 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "ELECTIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESIDENCY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TUITION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Woodard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182a4940-13ee-4910-86f6-3f95bad2667f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S421"
source_hash: "f1ac0ae190d47787ddf810264b9d7a5a6a4dceb99ad42d57c21f94eee08e9c14"
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 421 (2021) — CC/In-State Tuition and Board Elections.

## 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/S421v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S421v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Woodard — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-02** Ch. SL 2021-133 `became-law`
- **2021-09-02** Signed by Gov. 9/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-25** Ratified
- **2021-08-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-24** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-23** Placed On Cal For 08/24/2021
- **2021-08-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-18** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Education - Community Colleges, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Placed On Cal For 05/04/2021
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182a4940-13ee-4910-86f6-3f95bad2667f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).