republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2021/sb-654.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 COVID-19 Provisions."
description: "K-12 COVID-19 Provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 654"
citation: "North Carolina SB 654 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DISTANCE EDUCATION", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION CABINET", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INTERNET", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SCHOOL GRADES", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "SUPT. OF", "TEACHERS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Davis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666de6ee-be4a-4e17-9400-81aa3f5b0e7f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S654"
source_hash: "838c97e9dd984f4a3313f430a00238b596dff29e01e5cef617bb96e631eb6599"
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 654 (2021) — K-12 COVID-19 Provisions.

## 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/S654v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-67-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51165/0/S654-ATC-67-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S654v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **102–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-30** Ch. SL 2021-130 `became-law`
- **2021-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-27** Pres. To Gov. 8/27/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-26** Ratified
- **2021-08-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-08-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-08-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-08-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2021-08-25** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-06-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-06-14** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2021-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2021
- **2021-06-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed
- **2021-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Placed On Cal For 05/04/2021
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/666de6ee-be4a-4e17-9400-81aa3f5b0e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).