---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual Educ./Remote Acad./Virtual Charters."
description: "Virtual Educ./Remote Acad./Virtual Charters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "North Carolina SB 671 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS", "CORPORATIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISTANCE EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "ESL", "INTERNET", "KINDERGARTEN", "LANGUAGES", "MINORS", "NONPROFIT", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE BOARD OF", "STUDENTS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TUITION", "VOUCHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Lee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-07"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1959e22f-f5ce-4d7f-918c-bd5c4e1afed2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S671"
source_hash: "667bbcecbd5e2cd64d573582629d5fd058a78063c08ab44a8f37b14670ff5d2b"
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 671 (2021) — Virtual Educ./Remote Acad./Virtual Charters.

## 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/S671v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S671v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S671v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S671v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S671v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2022-59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S671v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **81–27** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-59 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-07-01** Added to Calendar
- **2022-07-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-07-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-07-01** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-15** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2022-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2022
- **2022-06-13** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2022-06-09** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2022
- **2022-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-02-16** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1959e22f-f5ce-4d7f-918c-bd5c4e1afed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).