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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prevent Harm to Children."
+description: "Prevent Harm to Children."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 579"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 579 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MEDIA", "MINORS", "OBSCENITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Britt"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-04"
+last_action: "2023-10-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ec4050-9448-4db5-b4cf-35ca64571462"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S579"
+source_hash: "a569e7e1e43d4c1a2eed7c51197ba786cc5d32456b378f7c1dce64b21fede658"
+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 579 (2023) — Prevent Harm to Children.
+
+## 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/S579v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2023-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Newton — primary (person)
+- Britt — primary (person)
+- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
+- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-127 `became-law`
+- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-09-22** Ratified
+- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2023-09-22** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2023-09-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2023-09-22** Conf Com Reported
+- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
+- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Reported
+- **2023-09-21** Conferees Changed
+- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2023-08-28** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2023-08-16** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2023-08-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2023-08-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2023-08-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2023-08-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-08-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-08-16** Added to Calendar
+- **2023-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2023-08-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2023-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-01** Amend Tabled A1
+- **2023-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5ec4050-9448-4db5-b4cf-35ca64571462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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