---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Criminal and Election Law Changes."
description: "Various Criminal and Election Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "North Carolina HB 237 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAMPAIGN FINANCE", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CURRENCY & COINS", "ELECTIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EXECUTIVE ORDERS", "FRAUD", "GOVERNOR", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LIABILITY", "PRESENTED", "PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SENTENCING", "THEFT", "TRANSPORTATION", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Greene", "Torbett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 64
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c065e141-befe-47d3-8a4b-72233b1dced3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H237"
source_hash: "a38c3497e6611733a40ad4932201ad2eeaeaf6398305c02ac69d22269e572ffb"
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 237 (2023) — Various Criminal and Election Law Changes.

## 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/H237v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2024-16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H237v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Greene — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-27** Ch. SL 2024-16 `became-law`
- **2024-06-27** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2024
- **2024-06-26** Veto Received From House
- **2024-06-26** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2024
- **2024-06-21** Received from the Governor
- **2024-06-21** Vetoed 06/21/2024 `executive-veto`
- **2024-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** Ratified
- **2024-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-11** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-11** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-11** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-05-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-05-22** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2024-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/22/2024
- **2024-05-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-05-16** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Amend Tabled A3
- **2024-05-15** Amend Tabled A2
- **2024-05-15** Amend Tabled A1
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** 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** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2023
- **2023-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-25** Amend Temporarily Displaced A2
- **2023-04-25** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c065e141-befe-47d3-8a4b-72233b1dced3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).