---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes."
description: "Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "North Carolina SB 252 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d7f0f3a-f331-4328-be7e-7a7f6422336b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S252&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "efd4af9b5fb4cc522841407663d7d9a14b3f1783b49a16accf57f3a06f49cf2f"
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 252 (2013) — Increase Penalty/Controlled Substance Crimes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S252v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-90 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 06/06/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-05** Ratified
- **2013-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d7f0f3a-f331-4328-be7e-7a7f6422336b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).