---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discharged Veterans/Identity Theft Protection."
description: "Discharged Veterans/Identity Theft Protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "North Carolina SB 50 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CRIMES", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "THEFT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbde4a55-3edb-49d0-902e-004680f22a29"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S50&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f3dd8443014307d89085f12ae8c39a9cdbb05d51306be99e7bae482d3030c770"
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 50 (2013) — Discharged Veterans/Identity Theft Protection.

## 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/S50v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-28** Ch. SL 2013-15 `became-law`
- **2013-03-28** Signed by Gov. 3/28/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-21** Pres. To Gov. 03/21/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-21** Ratified
- **2013-03-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-02-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbde4a55-3edb-49d0-902e-004680f22a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).