---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence & DNA Expunction Laws.-AB"
description: "Evidence & DNA Expunction Laws.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 630"
citation: "North Carolina SB 630 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOTECHNOLOGY", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "GENETICS", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "ID SYSTEMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "DNA", "FORENSIC SCIENCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/336f6a5b-ecd9-41d3-ab87-18557d0d9952"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S630&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1c061cb84d2c92584aa793f069777a87af6b53c28d58cb8d13c7efb4acc30ec8"
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 630 (2013) — Evidence & DNA Expunction Laws.-AB

## 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/S630v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-32-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5177/0/S630-ASA-32-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S630v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S630v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S630v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S630v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S630v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-171 `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`
- **2013-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-14** Engrossed
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/336f6a5b-ecd9-41d3-ab87-18557d0d9952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).