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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accounting Workforce Development Act."
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description: "Accounting Workforce Development Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 321"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 321 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS; ACCOUNTING; BOARDS; CPA EXAMINERS BOARD; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LICENSING & CERTIFICATION; OCCUPATIONS; PRESENTED; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; CHAPTERED"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Overcash"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-18"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02371efc-1603-4b99-8877-2242bbf8708b"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S321"
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source_hash: "026d664e75578fe6b47e6cdb6c4986a3111f159a2b524583626afa81a5dfaa63"
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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 SB 321 (2025) — Accounting Workforce Development Act.
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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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v1.pdf)
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3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v2.pdf)
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4. **SL 2025-35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v3.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Britt — primary (person)
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- Overcash — primary (person)
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- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
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- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-07-01** Ch. SL 2025-35 `became-law`
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- **2025-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-25** Ratified
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- **2025-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2025-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-06-24** Added to Calendar
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- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2025-06-04** Re-ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-04** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2025-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
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- **2025-04-07** Regular Message Sent To House
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- **2025-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2025-03-24** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2025-03-19** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** 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/02371efc-1603-4b99-8877-2242bbf8708b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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