---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civilian Traffic Investigators."
description: "Civilian Traffic Investigators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "North Carolina HB 140 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Hardister", "Lambeth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11412590-8d50-47a8-8640-344bbe2e9c5c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H140"
source_hash: "22dac9ec66c8e77ee743917ef436ac7587697c15dc755cc169c393a73e6dd39f"
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 HB 140 (2023) — Civilian Traffic Investigators.

## 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/House/PDF/H140v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H140v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Buansi — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- T. Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-52 `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** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2023
- **2023-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11412590-8d50-47a8-8640-344bbe2e9c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).