---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expedite Child Safety and Permanency."
description: "Expedite Child Safety and Permanency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 693"
citation: "North Carolina SB 693 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FOSTER CARE", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING", "JUVENILE CODE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TRIBES & TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jarvis", "Krawiec"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-07"
last_action: "2021-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27f4cb32-17ba-4c59-8220-7e0af424ec4c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S693"
source_hash: "aa7bc1d86a82b3b91e68113d9a8250aa9355dfc241e0c0bc3f8cbe6c91ec44c6"
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 693 (2021) — Expedite Child Safety and Permanency.

## 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/S693v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABP-27-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52738/0/S693-ABP-27-V-1)
3. **A2: ABP-28-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52739/0/S693-ABP-28-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2021-132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S693v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **72–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jarvis — primary (person)
- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-01** Ch. SL 2021-132 `became-law`
- **2021-09-01** Signed by Gov. 9/1/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-25** Ratified
- **2021-08-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-24** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-23** Placed On Cal For 08/24/2021
- **2021-08-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-08-19** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-08-18** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-08-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-18** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-18** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-18** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Sequential Referral To Appropriations/Base Budget Stricken
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** 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/27f4cb32-17ba-4c59-8220-7e0af424ec4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).