---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Threat Assessment Teams."
description: "School Threat Assessment Teams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 605"
citation: "North Carolina HB 605 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDINGS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNSELING", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EDUCATION", "SCHOOL BUILDINGS & PROPERTY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Torbett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-13"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbeee201-e230-4907-b055-0fca12408937"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H605"
source_hash: "aa1f1866c2e5ad3aa0fbe6351b12915de18c7d3b449d90906682c91956c375a0"
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 605 (2023) — School Threat Assessment Teams.

## 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/H605v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H605v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H605v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H605v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H605v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H605v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** Ch. SL 2023-78 `became-law`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2023
- **2023-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbeee201-e230-4907-b055-0fca12408937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).