republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/sb-58.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Critical Infrastructure."
description: "Protect Critical Infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "North Carolina SB 58 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CABLE & SATELLITE TV", "CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "LIABILITY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TELEVISION", "UTILITIES", "VANDALISM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "McInnis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e01e6ba-928f-4a71-bd50-d6f1c43a5670"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S58"
source_hash: "fd4dd5f1177f0df816f30606042b9370f544f4e5ea326ee8a1d90707e320788d"
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 58 (2023) — Protect Critical Infrastructure.

## 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/S58v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-14-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/1884/0/S58-ATG-14-V-5)
3. **A2: ARI-5-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/1888/0/S58-ARI-5-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2023-47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S58v7.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- McInnis — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- P. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-19** Ch. SL 2023-47 `became-law`
- **2023-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-15** Ratified
- **2023-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-15** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2023
- **2023-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed
- **2023-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e01e6ba-928f-4a71-bd50-d6f1c43a5670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).