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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related Changes."
+description: "Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related Changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 189"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 189 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "FENTANYL VIOLATIONS TASK FORCE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HOMICIDE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MANUFACTURING", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "TASK FORCES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "McInnis"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a1af67-a263-43c1-8095-1784939097e9"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S189"
+source_hash: "ed1d5db64c20498235e4e694860eba2385e0ff607c26e0c6f077b76bbd6b0137"
+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 189 (2023) — Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related Changes.
+
+## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2023-123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britt — primary (person)
+- McInnis — primary (person)
+- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
+- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
+- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-09-28** Ch. SL 2023-123 `became-law`
+- **2023-09-28** Signed by Gov. 9/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-21** Pres. To Gov. 9/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-09-20** Ratified
+- **2023-09-19** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2023-09-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-09-19** Added to Calendar
+- **2023-09-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2023-09-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2023-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a1af67-a263-43c1-8095-1784939097e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+