---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety/Other Changes."
description: "Public Safety/Other Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "North Carolina HB 250 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRPORT AUTHORITIES", "AIRPORTS", "APPOINTMENTS", "ATTORNEYS", "AUTHORITIES", "AVIATION", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "BUILDINGS", "BUSES", "CAMERAS", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DWI", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMINENT DOMAIN", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "HOMICIDE", "ID SYSTEMS", "IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES", "INDIGENT DEFENSE COMN.", "INDIGENTS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORITIES", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NGOS", "NONPROFIT", "NORTHAMPTON COUNTY", "OCCUPATIONS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC DEFENDERS", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SENTENCING", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAFFIC CAMERAS", "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "K. Baker", "Wray"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d0e1fe-38e9-4e06-8df8-0c814072df60"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H250"
source_hash: "bb1291e214011bb4047d7e42a6d511fa655aab9a3319b25c78875e2e280fdfb7"
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 250 (2023) — Public Safety/Other 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/H250v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-131-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/8857/0/H250-ACE-131-V-1)
3. **A2: ATU-51-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/8856/0/H250-ATU-51-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2024-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H250v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **85–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- K. Baker — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Ch. SL 2024-43 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Ratified
- **2024-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-27** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-26** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-12** Engrossed
- **2024-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-12** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/22/2023
- **2023-03-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **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/76d0e1fe-38e9-4e06-8df8-0c814072df60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).