republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2021/sb-722.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Local Gov't Redistricting/Census."
description: "Revise Local Gov't Redistricting/Census."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "North Carolina SB 722 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CENSUS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARLOTTE", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LEXINGTON", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RALEIGH", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE BOARD OF", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WAKE COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Newton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-18"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3171b26-7bfa-4d77-90ad-b1cb6662795f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S722"
source_hash: "5283663b06e1001e239a186ec8165702ab0108487219909b93d5c04ae383f81a"
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 722 (2021) — Revise Local Gov't Redistricting/Census.

## 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/S722v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACG-9-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51995/0/S722-ACG-9-V-5)
3. **A1: AST-28-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52088/0/S722-AST-28-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2021-56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **33–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** Ch. SL 2021-56 `became-law`
- **2021-06-28** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Ratified
- **2021-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-14** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **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** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Ref to the Com on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-06-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-06-03** Engrossed
- **2021-06-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** Placed On Cal For 06/03/2021
- **2021-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-05-20** Placed On Cal For 05/25/2021
- **2021-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Re-ref to Redistricting and Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-19** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3171b26-7bfa-4d77-90ad-b1cb6662795f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).