---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Law and Order Act."
description: "The Law and Order Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "North Carolina SB 311 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT; BUILDINGS; COMMERCE; COURTS; CRIMES; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; DEATH & DYING; DWI; ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION; EXPLOSIVES; FUNERAL SERVICES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INFRASTRUCTURE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERSONNEL; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; RETAILING; SENTENCING; SHIPPING; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THEFT; TITLE CHANGE; TRESPASSING; UTILITIES; WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS; WEAPONS; HOMICIDE; CHAPTERED; TRAFFIC OFFENSES; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; PROTESTS & DEMONSTRATIONS; IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES; MAIL & PACKAGE SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Craven"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-17"
last_action: "2025-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16ad9d9b-5b4b-4431-a0ba-d8267e142744"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S311"
source_hash: "28b8592b72778bd3943c689a8603e654c99c9a92b4d28547ac4b7eab7b83f483"
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 311 (2025) — The Law and Order 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2025-71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S311v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **100–7** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Grafstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Salvador — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Theodros — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-09** Ch. SL 2025-71 `became-law`
- **2025-07-09** Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2025
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
- **2025-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-03-31** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16ad9d9b-5b4b-4431-a0ba-d8267e142744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).