---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Penalties for Misuse of 911 System."
description: "Increase Penalties for Misuse of 911 System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 345"
citation: "North Carolina HB 345 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a143d090-abf8-487e-a81f-1b36118b0a64"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H345&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "35b0198a8b4029486650185f4e323d7ace6f620e0f89bb4a8064ccfbbf065c65"
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 345 (2013) — Increase Penalties for Misuse of 911 System.

## 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/H345v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5347/0/H345-A-NBC-314)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H345v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-286 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-10** Ratified
- **2013-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-08** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-03** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Placed On Cal For 05/15/2013
- **2013-05-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-14** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2013-05-02** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities and Energy, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee B, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-01** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities and Energy, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-03** Serial Referral To Appropriations Added
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a143d090-abf8-487e-a81f-1b36118b0a64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).