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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prevent Harm to Children."
description: "Prevent Harm to Children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "North Carolina SB 579 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MEDIA", "MINORS", "OBSCENITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Britt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ec4050-9448-4db5-b4cf-35ca64571462"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S579"
source_hash: "a569e7e1e43d4c1a2eed7c51197ba786cc5d32456b378f7c1dce64b21fede658"
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 579 (2023) — Prevent Harm to Children.
## 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/S579v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S579v5.pdf)
## Votes
- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **420** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Britt — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-127 `became-law`
- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-09-22** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-21** Conferees Changed
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-08-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-08-16** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2023-08-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-08-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-08-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-08-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-08-16** Added to Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-08-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Amend Tabled A1
- **2023-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5ec4050-9448-4db5-b4cf-35ca64571462`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).