---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Law on Theft of Catalytic Converters."
description: "Clarify Law on Theft of Catalytic Converters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "North Carolina SB 99 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RECYCLING", "SCRAP YARDS & DEALERS", "SENTENCING", "THEFT", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "McInnis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab57f378-3660-4c0f-8754-d2639ba0e666"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S99"
source_hash: "1ba2358f1480fd8b897ecf4a613161c16634b23550dfd82abd139558754f6450"
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 99 (2021) — Clarify Law on Theft of Catalytic Converters.

## 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/S99v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Ch. SL 2021-154 `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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-09-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab57f378-3660-4c0f-8754-d2639ba0e666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).