republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/hb-591.md

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Bill	Modernize Sex Crimes.	Modernize Sex Crimes.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2023	HB 591	North Carolina HB 591 (2023)	bill	CHAPTERED CHILD ABUSE COMMUNICATIONS COURTS CRIMES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEFINITIONS FAMILY ISSUES FINES & PENALTIES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNET MINORS OBSCENITY PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SENTENCING SEX OFFENSES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELESERVICES VICTIMS RIGHTS	enacted		6	39	1	2023-04-10	2024-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c33272e3-8457-4ad3-be82-bfc29295d62a	https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H591	bf18403e4eb05e748f5dd594679e1ed64db1f14a29a90b64b3c85361f82bfe82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 591 (2023) — Modernize Sex Crimes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2024-37 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• M11 Concur — 105–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alston — cosponsor (person)
• Cervania — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
• Gill — cosponsor (person)
• Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• T. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-07-08 Ch. SL 2024-37 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 In S Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2024-06-27 Added to Calendar
• 2024-06-27 Withdrawn From Com
• 2024-05-16 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
• 2024-05-16 Special Message Sent To House
• 2024-05-15 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-15 Placed on Today's Calendar
• 2024-05-15 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-14 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2024-05-14 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2024-05-14 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2024-05-02 Withdrawn From Com
• 2023-06-27 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2023-06-27 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-20 Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Withdrawn From Com
• 2023-05-01 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2023-05-01 Regular Message Received From House
• 2023-04-28 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2023-04-27 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Added to Calendar
• 2023-04-27 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2023-04-27 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-26 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-13 Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, 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; origin ocd-bill/c33272e3-8457-4ad3-be82-bfc29295d62a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).