---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Public Safety Agency Bill.-AB"
description: "Department of Public Safety Agency Bill.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "North Carolina SB 171 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ARMED FORCES", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "FORESTRY", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NATIONAL GUARD", "NOTIFICATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RALEIGH", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SEX OFFENSES", "STATE BUILDINGS", "TIMBER", "WAKE COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478d25b5-7f00-42ad-a58f-a76ca4b91b46"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S171"
source_hash: "32510409e2f9b354f840d1921bd0d27bdefa3f3806f6fc14b3e0316dbea5a3d2"
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 SB 171 (2023) — Department of Public Safety Agency Bill.-AB

## 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/Senate/PDF/S171v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABE-43-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6447/0/S171-ABE-43-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Ch. SL 2023-86 `became-law`
- **2023-07-10** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Concurred In H Amend S171v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2023
- **2023-06-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2023-06-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2023
- **2023-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-19** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478d25b5-7f00-42ad-a58f-a76ca4b91b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).