---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conform Hemp with Federal Law."
description: "Conform Hemp with Federal Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "North Carolina SB 455 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "CASH CROPS", "CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEFINITIONS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEMP & HEMP PRODUCTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MARIJUANA", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Mohammed"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea3ec43d-103c-44b0-b2c6-a5e1e4f4796b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S455"
source_hash: "ae25926ecd803568f8119a7633862e76e4d18d72ce2f0e14a4de03fb65ff1faf"
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 455 (2021) — Conform Hemp with Federal Law.

## 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/S455v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2022-32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S455v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **85–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **41–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Mohammed — primary (person)
- Bazemore — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-30** Ch. SL 2022-32 `became-law`
- **2022-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2022-06-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2022
- **2022-05-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2022-05-25** Added to Calendar
- **2022-05-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** 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`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea3ec43d-103c-44b0-b2c6-a5e1e4f4796b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).