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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clifford's Law."
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description: "Clifford's Law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 351"
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citation: "North Carolina HB 351 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "NAMED LAWS", "PATIENT RIGHTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "Lambeth", "White"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-22"
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last_action: "2021-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/975fc71b-9ed5-45b1-a4f0-46457e9665e6"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H351"
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source_hash: "c149ebcaeb376d0898b3ec83972bd1d42d244e4feb62414ac17bc8134add2805"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina HB 351 (2021) — Clifford's Law.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v0.pdf)
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2. **A1: ASH-15-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/2303/0/H351-ASH-15-V-1)
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3. **A1: ATU-26-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52858/0/H351-ATU-26-V-2)
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4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v1.pdf)
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5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v2.pdf)
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6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v3.pdf)
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7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v4.pdf)
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8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v5.pdf)
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9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v6.pdf)
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10. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v7.pdf)
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11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v8.pdf)
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12. **SL 2021-145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H351v9.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dixon — primary (person)
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- Lambeth — primary (person)
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- White — primary (person)
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- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
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- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
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- Boles — cosponsor (person)
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- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
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- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
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- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Greene — cosponsor (person)
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- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
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- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
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- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
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- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
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- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Mills — cosponsor (person)
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- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Moss — cosponsor (person)
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- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
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- Pless — cosponsor (person)
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- Potts — cosponsor (person)
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- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
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- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
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- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
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- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
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- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
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- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
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- Willis — cosponsor (person)
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- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
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- Zenger — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-145 `became-law`
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- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 9/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-09-01** Ratified
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- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2021-08-31** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/31/2021
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- **2021-08-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
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- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
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- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Sent To House
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- **2021-08-24** Engrossed
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- **2021-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-08-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2021-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-22** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2021-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-10** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
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- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2021-04-01** Ordered Engrossed
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- **2021-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Added to Calendar
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- **2021-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Serial Referral To State Government Stricken
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- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-22** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/975fc71b-9ed5-45b1-a4f0-46457e9665e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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