---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organized Retail Theft."
description: "Organized Retail Theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 766"
citation: "North Carolina SB 766 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COMMERCE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MINORS", "ORGANIZED CRIME", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "McInnis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-23"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e926d2e9-278a-4bec-a4de-795f47d69e90"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S766"
source_hash: "abf6fa1b41a1b52177a022f35293124b02fcdc9c9b334e33c85b2e95c6e6b1e6"
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 766 (2021) — Organized Retail Theft.

## 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/S766v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S766v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S766v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S766v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S766v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2022-30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S766v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **102–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-30** Ch. SL 2022-30 `became-law`
- **2022-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** Ratified
- **2022-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-28** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2022
- **2022-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2022-06-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2022
- **2022-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2022-06-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-24** Ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e926d2e9-278a-4bec-a4de-795f47d69e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).