---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Laws Affecting District Attorneys."
description: "Modify Laws Affecting District Attorneys."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "North Carolina HB 116 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "ETHICS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/505ae2bf-10e3-43de-88c0-706d2754adc1"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H116"
source_hash: "1f1804e6f3bc966142ca3e397cc397c80d608500dabf86f8784516da0405f408"
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 HB 116 (2023) — Modify Laws Affecting District Attorneys.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H116v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-10** Ch. SL 2023-34 `became-law`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by Gov. 6/9/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01** Pres. To Gov. 6/1/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Ratified
- **2023-05-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/27/2023
- **2023-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-25** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/505ae2bf-10e3-43de-88c0-706d2754adc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).