---
type: "Bill"
title: "Possession of Needles/Tell Law Officer."
description: "Possession of Needles/Tell Law Officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "North Carolina HB 850 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "WORK SAFETY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Hardister", "McNeill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-11"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff2e449e-5f33-4677-8494-50a375652e92"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H850&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7aa99a8b916a323a9d5b37f093e04a9927da84b85426d5a4fad2a8fea7072398"
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 850 (2013) — Possession of Needles/Tell Law Officer.

## 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/H850v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H850v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H850v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H850v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H850v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McManus — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-147 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-25** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff2e449e-5f33-4677-8494-50a375652e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).