---
type: "Bill"
title: "2025 Public Safety Act."
description: "2025 Public Safety Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "North Carolina SB 429 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; ATTORNEYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUILDINGS; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTERS; CONSUMER CREDIT; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; COURTS; CRIMES; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; DATA & RECORDS SYSTEMS; DEATH & DYING; DHHS; DISABLED PERSONS; DISTRICT COURT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GENETICS; HEALTH SERVICES; ID SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JUDGES; LICENSING & CERTIFICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINERS; MINORS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONS; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY; SENTENCING; SEX OFFENSES; STATE BAR; TRESPASSING; VICTIMS RIGHTS; WEAPONS; WITNESSES; WOMEN; DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; RECORDS; CHAPTERED; TRAFFIC OFFENSES; DNA; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT; FORENSIC SCIENCES; CASH CROPS; FAMILY ISSUES; CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER; HEMP & HEMP PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Britt"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f18b705-976f-4a11-b640-bdca9363c9cb"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S429"
source_hash: "5bbdb6f10e76255b16d9255db06d3d8658613ac7e44d3a88e22743262dbddf51"
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 429 (2025) — 2025 Public Safety 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/S429v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2025-70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S429v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **34–7** (pass) · upper
- A1 Morey Second Reading M3 To Lay On The Table — **64–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Britt — primary (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-09** Ch. SL 2025-70 `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** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25** Amend Tabled A1
- **2025-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2025
- **2025-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `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`
- **2025-06-10** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Amend Tabled A1
- **2025-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f18b705-976f-4a11-b640-bdca9363c9cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).