---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various General Local Laws."
description: "Various General Local Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "North Carolina HB 593 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COLUMBUS", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "DEBT/LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "ELECTIONS", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MACON COUNTY", "MONROE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "POLK COUNTY", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "RATIFIED", "REDISTRICTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALUDA", "SANITARY DISTRICTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SHERIFFS", "SHIPPING", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TAX DISTRICTS", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "TRYON", "UNION COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22853174-56c5-4b4e-bf46-b2abacaf4194"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H593"
source_hash: "e7c451ba24f9a74720c39d621b4e2432624d0c290653b1671aac89a75fa79af6"
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 593 (2023) — Various General Local Laws.

## 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/H593v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASTA-181-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/9120/0/H593-ASTA-181-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2024-38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H593v6.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- T. Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Ch. SL 2024-38 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Ratified
- **2024-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-27** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2024-06-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2024
- **2024-06-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2024-06-25** Ruled Material
- **2024-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-25** Engrossed
- **2024-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-24** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-24** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-19** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-13** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22853174-56c5-4b4e-bf46-b2abacaf4194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).