---
type: "Bill"
title: "Metal Theft Statute Amendments."
description: "Metal Theft Statute Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "North Carolina SB 583 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "THEFT", "CHAPTERED", "SCRAP YARDS & DEALERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7097f4f3-5fc9-4977-918d-3527a0aae72a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S583&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6204e170d1756fa2a85d9eb1b69c7d698516a06960dab189f07784560bcd505c"
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 583 (2013) — Metal Theft Statute 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/S583v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S583v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-169 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 06/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-10** Ratified
- **2013-06-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7097f4f3-5fc9-4977-918d-3527a0aae72a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).