---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Automatic Expunction."
description: "Revise Automatic Expunction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 565"
citation: "North Carolina SB 565 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HOUSING", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Lazzara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d338197-8112-4f4c-aef6-339d1bb8f44f"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S565"
source_hash: "b621e9d88e0032a2cd2f8591cbfc20ab7daacbb90ee739a568cc13ca8454c9e2"
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 565 (2023) — Revise Automatic Expunction.

## 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/S565v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2024-35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S565v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Lazzara — primary (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Ch. SL 2024-35 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-27** Ratified
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-26** Conferees Changed
- **2024-06-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-12** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2024-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2024
- **2024-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2024-06-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2024-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-05** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-06-05** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** 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`
- **2023-04-05** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d338197-8112-4f4c-aef6-339d1bb8f44f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).