---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Defendant May Waive Jury Trial."
description: "Criminal Defendant May Waive Jury Trial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "North Carolina SB 399 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "NC", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "ELECTIONS", "JURIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-21"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8729d8f4-ce8d-4be2-bd8c-551d2b69ed64"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S399&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7fd8b21a2f9af5cfbeaa39d93fd35e31bf140979dfbe97a4a95baf97ab08f720"
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 399 (2013) — Criminal Defendant May Waive Jury Trial.

## 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/S399v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-38-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5057/0/S399-ARK-38-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S399v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-300 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 07/10/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-02** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2013-07-02** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-13** Engrossed
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8729d8f4-ce8d-4be2-bd8c-551d2b69ed64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).