---
type: "Bill"
title: "SHP Combat Fraud/Property Finders Stnds."
description: "SHP Combat Fraud/Property Finders Stnds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "North Carolina SB 542 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "ESTATES", "FRAUD", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NOTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BD.", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECURITY SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WHISTLEBLOWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-05"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76c62a3-97d6-4be0-9d09-520e0eb244f7"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S542"
source_hash: "25290f57fabb5095055efa552b60f29ecbd08ff1e689d92d283dab418723ab4d"
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 542 (2021) — SHP Combat Fraud/Property Finders Stnds.

## 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/S542v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Ch. SL 2021-157 `became-law`
- **2021-09-16** Signed by Gov. 9/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-07** Pres. To Gov. 9/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-03** Ratified
- **2021-09-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-09-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-09-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-09-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-09-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-09-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-08-31** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-08-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-08-26** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2021-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2021
- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-24** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 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`
- **2021-05-06** 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`
- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b76c62a3-97d6-4be0-9d09-520e0eb244f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).