---
type: "Bill"
title: "GSC Assignments of Error."
description: "GSC Assignments of Error."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "North Carolina SB 327 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL PUNISHMENT", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COURT OF APPEALS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "GENERAL STATUTES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SENTENCING", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7429dedb-7e38-4d7f-b002-0f1899ad50c4"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S327"
source_hash: "1136ecfb578b4b3217256068eb899b277019f519311652157fe53d654dc8227b"
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 327 (2023) — GSC Assignments of Error.

## 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/S327v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S327v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Galey — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-54 `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15** Ratified
- **2023-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-05** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav `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
- **2023-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7429dedb-7e38-4d7f-b002-0f1899ad50c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).