---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe Harbor/Victims of Human Trafficking."
description: "Safe Harbor/Victims of Human Trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "North Carolina SB 683 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PROSTITUTION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEX OFFENSES", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Goolsby"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f097417-577f-4c73-946b-a00843bde06d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S683&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67cce42a9ee5528797f411fe92029a64a473a8f5ca554391691052e55b8a5cf2"
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 683 (2013) — Safe Harbor/Victims of Human Trafficking.

## 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/S683v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-55-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6533/0/S683-ARV-55-V-1)
3. **A1: ASA-30-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5105/0/S683-ASA-30-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v6.pdf)
10. **SL2013-368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S683v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Goolsby — primary (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-29** Ch. SL 2013-368 `became-law`
- **2013-07-29** Signed by Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/26/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-25** Ratified
- **2013-07-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-23** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-23** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-02** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/2f097417-577f-4c73-946b-a00843bde06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).