---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital Punishment/Amendments."
description: "Capital Punishment/Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "North Carolina SB 306 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BOARDS", "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "DISCRIMINATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MINORITIES", "NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ab513de-43dd-4dd7-b40c-6c4d7f3e8734"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S306&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e8007fe4c38d5b816b3bdb7a4cec6ffb672dc72f6a5eef4f8e8eb7fb861a8898"
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 306 (2013) — Capital Punishment/Amendments.

## 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/S306v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S306v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S306v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S306v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S306v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S306v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **77–39** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-154 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 06/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Amend Tabled A1
- **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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-04** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-03** Motion to divide question failed
- **2013-04-03** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-03-27** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2013
- **2013-03-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ab513de-43dd-4dd7-b40c-6c4d7f3e8734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).