---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Rioting and Civil Disorder."
description: "Prevent Rioting and Civil Disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 40"
citation: "North Carolina HB 40 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BAIL", "CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "NATIONAL GUARD", "PRESENTED", "PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Moore", "Sauls"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89ca5ec9-a162-484e-a25f-03ee81b6b6e9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H40"
source_hash: "a1122c2e807e4709f4870d06fc1bd8a1327a59a2b60508ca0393e4c847be8b5f"
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 40 (2023) — Prevent Rioting and Civil Disorder.

## 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/H40v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-10-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/393/0/H40-ASA-10-V-3)
3. **A2: ASA-7-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/390/0/H40-ASA-7-V-2)
4. **A4: ASA-6-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/391/0/H40-ASA-6-V-1)
5. **A8: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/396/0/H40-A-NBC-9755)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H40v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H40v2.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H40v3.pdf)
9. **SL 2023-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H40v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Sauls — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Elmore — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Paré — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Pless — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Reeder — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Ch. SL 2023-6 `became-law`
- **2023-03-21** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-03-10** Pres. To Gov. 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Ratified
- **2023-03-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Amend Tabled A3
- **2023-03-09** Amend Tabled A2
- **2023-03-09** Amend Tabled A1
- **2023-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-02-08** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-02-08** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-02-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Adopted A8 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment Withdrawn A7 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Failed A6 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment Withdrawn A5 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Added to Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-02-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89ca5ec9-a162-484e-a25f-03ee81b6b6e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).