republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/sb-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Court Changes."
description: "Various Court Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "North Carolina SB 303 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "ATTORNEYS", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DEFINITIONS", "DMV", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FOR-PROFIT", "GRANDPARENTS", "GUARDIANSHIP", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INMATES", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "JUVENILE CODE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MAGISTRATES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE BAR", "SUPREME COURT", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WAKE COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a93cbf-a2bd-4449-a498-1c356a7d727b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S303"
source_hash: "cf130da20dc59b75f52e3e4a04b35db2479dbdca6bd051aeb4aea299ebb2b316"
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 SB 303 (2023) — Various Court Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S303v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-48-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/3610/0/S303-ACE-48-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2024-33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S303v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Ch. SL 2024-33 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-27** Ratified
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2024-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2024-06-26** Conferees Changed
- **2024-06-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2024-06-12** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2024-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2024-06-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2024-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-05** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-06** Engrossed
- **2023-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a93cbf-a2bd-4449-a498-1c356a7d727b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).