---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related Changes."
description: "Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 189"
citation: "North Carolina SB 189 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DEATH & DYING", "FENTANYL VIOLATIONS TASK FORCE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HOMICIDE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MANUFACTURING", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SENTENCING", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "TASK FORCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "McInnis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a1af67-a263-43c1-8095-1784939097e9"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S189"
source_hash: "ed1d5db64c20498235e4e694860eba2385e0ff607c26e0c6f077b76bbd6b0137"
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 189 (2023) — Fentanyl Drug Offenses and Related 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/Senate/PDF/S189v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S189v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28** Ch. SL 2023-123 `became-law`
- **2023-09-28** Signed by Gov. 9/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-21** Pres. To Gov. 9/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** Ratified
- **2023-09-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-19** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/97a1af67-a263-43c1-8095-1784939097e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).