---
type: "Bill"
title: "Methamphetamine/Offense/Penalties."
description: "Methamphetamine/Offense/Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "North Carolina HB 29 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMERCE", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DISABLED PERSONS", "MANUFACTURING", "MINORS", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Horn", "Tolson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76567393-c763-4db8-a13a-16911f8dba16"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H29&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d0f153fecb8ec11c295ee713a32ad56105001cc2250f57b6c723280618e99319"
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 29 (2013) — Methamphetamine/Offense/Penalties.

## 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/H29v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H29v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H29v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H29v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-124 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/13/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-12** Ratified
- **2013-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Rec From House
- **2013-02-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-19** Placed On Cal For 02/20/2013
- **2013-02-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-07** Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-02-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-02-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76567393-c763-4db8-a13a-16911f8dba16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).