---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord/Tenant Changes."
description: "Landlord/Tenant Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "North Carolina SB 644 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABANDONED PROPERTY", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "FEES", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RENTALS & LEASING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c964ed93-1488-4c28-9278-40db56ebc234"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S644"
source_hash: "cb50f967eb4da83b40a07a7f3ce9e7ac06d2d724c8cfc057b2de7df054ab0a98"
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 644 (2021) — Landlord/Tenant Changes.

## 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/S644v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S644v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S644v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S644v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S644v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-71 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** Ratified
- **2021-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c964ed93-1488-4c28-9278-40db56ebc234`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).