---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance Local Gov't Transparency."
description: "Enhance Local Gov't Transparency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "North Carolina SB 473 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITING & AUDITS", "CHAPTERED", "CITY COUNCILS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTRACTS", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CRIMES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "ETHICS", "FRAUD", "LIENS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMN.", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NONPROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "STATE AUDITOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa7cf891-8af3-4730-b752-665c8e71bb10"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S473"
source_hash: "d0a786bb28b839986ffb31fa0f5959b4d7d9c456b9dcdd7ba0cc0a5c5b6b95fe"
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 473 (2021) — Enhance Local Gov't Transparency.

## 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/S473v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABP-39-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53529/0/S473-ABP-39-V-3)
3. **A1: AST-9-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51412/0/S473-AST-9-V-6)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v4.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **64–44** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **38–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09** Ch. SL 2021-191 `became-law`
- **2021-12-09** Signed by Gov. 12/9/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-01** Pres. To Gov. 12/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-30** Ratified
- **2021-11-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-11-29** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-11-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub and H Amend
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-11-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-11-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-11-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-11-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On State Government `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, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-06** Engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** 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`
- **2021-04-27** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-19** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** 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/fa7cf891-8af3-4730-b752-665c8e71bb10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).