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type: "Bill"
title: "Modernize Sex Crimes."
description: "Modernize Sex Crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "North Carolina HB 591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-10"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33272e3-8457-4ad3-be82-bfc29295d62a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H591"
source_hash: "bf18403e4eb05e748f5dd594679e1ed64db1f14a29a90b64b3c85361f82bfe82"
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 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](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2024-37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H591v5.pdf)
## Votes
- M11 Concur — **1051** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33272e3-8457-4ad3-be82-bfc29295d62a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).