---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reward Amt/Arrest of Fugitive From Justice."
description: "Reward Amt/Arrest of Fugitive From Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "North Carolina HB 137 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "GOVERNOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "McNeill", "Stevens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf10f36-8124-48fc-bd19-721c50c31c71"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H137&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c20416e0f97abeab6c20af347e88fb6b1e880275a3932efbd58e98dad4f8e91f"
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 HB 137 (2013) — Reward Amt/Arrest of Fugitive From Justice.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H137v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H137v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H137v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H137v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-276 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2013
- **2013-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Rec From House
- **2013-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-09** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2013
- **2013-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-02-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee C, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acf10f36-8124-48fc-bd19-721c50c31c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).