---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medal of Valor Award for First Responders."
description: "Medal of Valor Award for First Responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "North Carolina HB 387 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "GOVERNOR", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LT. GOVERNOR", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b878d3-aea9-4e9b-ba2a-7c89ca1f8cf9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H387"
source_hash: "02d6d74a5df18cb118784e1dfec8db474190bbed164ad02f975dfd7b8e84de01"
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 387 (2023) — Medal of Valor Award for First Responders.

## 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/H387v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H387v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H387v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H387v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-94** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H387v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Ch. SL 2023-94 `became-law`
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Gov. 7/10/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-03** Ratified
- **2023-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94b878d3-aea9-4e9b-ba2a-7c89ca1f8cf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).