---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hotel Safety Issues."
description: "Hotel Safety Issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "North Carolina SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "HOUSING", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RENTALS & LEASING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Overcash", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58298c61-fcb4-4563-8aef-fb86c7194154"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S53"
source_hash: "60128bd64667a133ce5b171eaf36987e7db655029bbc8af34d24e042a655b3fa"
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 53 (2023) — Hotel Safety Issues.

## 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/S53v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Overcash — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-19** Ch. SL 2023-5 `became-law`
- **2023-03-19** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-03-08** Pres. To Gov. 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-08** Ratified
- **2023-03-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-07** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-02-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-02-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Amend Tabled A4
- **2023-02-09** Amend Tabled A3
- **2023-02-09** Amend Tabled A2
- **2023-02-09** Amend Tabled A1
- **2023-02-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-02-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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/58298c61-fcb4-4563-8aef-fb86c7194154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).