---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Owners Protection Act."
description: "Property Owners Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "North Carolina SB 246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRESPASSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf6a717-e044-4d3e-8237-389dfee10c95"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S246"
source_hash: "1797315e9addfb22f2f5081c3d7cbc4aa609fb14f78972ac53fc9c260d575c6f"
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 246 (2023) — Property Owners Protection Act.

## 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/S246v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S246v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S246v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S246v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S246v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Ch. SL 2023-85 `became-law`
- **2023-07-08** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Ratified
- **2023-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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
- **2023-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf6a717-e044-4d3e-8237-389dfee10c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).