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---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021."
description: "The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "North Carolina SB 220 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "BUSES", "CALENDAR", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CURRICULUM", "DEFINITIONS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMS", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NUTRITION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SURVEYS & POLLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Lee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7b9698-6c75-467e-bf5a-8c3b32c1b27e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S220"
source_hash: "7e7093ae3bb2e3b238a733caa9ae1dfa7e1d334971c09c2547367c842182894c"
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 220 (2021) — The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021.
## 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/S220v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S220v4.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **1190** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ballard — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-11** Ch. SL 2021-4 `became-law`
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Gov. 3/11/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-11** Pres. To Gov. 3/11/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** Ratified
- **2021-03-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-03-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-10** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e7b9698-6c75-467e-bf5a-8c3b32c1b27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).