North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 6 D cosponsors

SB 311 — The Law and Order Act.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 17, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on July 09, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    2 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes in Senate Bill 311 involve minor wording adjustments for clarity, specifically altering phrases related to athletic activities in schools. It looks like some language was simplified or clarified without changing the overall intent of the law. These adjustments matter because they can help ensure that the legislation is understood easily by those who will implement it and follow it. Simplifying the text can lead to better compliance and enforcement of the rules laid out in the bill.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 311 Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 3/25/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 311 Short Title:
Senators Britt, Craven, and Blue (Primary Sponsors).
March 18, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING AN ASSAULT AGAINST A UTILITY OR COMMUNICATIONS WORKER.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 18, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING AN ASSAULT AGAINST A UTILITY OR COMMUNICATIONS WORKER.
For purposes of this subdivision, the term "utility or communications worker" means an employee of, agent of, or under contract with an organization, entity, or company, whether State-created or privately, municipally, county, or cooperativelyowned, that provides electricity, natural gas, liquid petroleum, water, wastewater, telecommunications services, or internet access services.
For purposes of this subdivision, the term "utility or communications worker" means an employee of, agent of, or under contract with an organization, entity, or company, whether State-created or privately, municipally, county, or cooperativelyowned, that provides electricity, natural gas, telecommunications services, or internet access services.
*S311-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.
*S311-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025

  2. Ch. SL 2025-71

  3. Ratified

  4. Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025

  5. Conf Report Adopted

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Conf Com Reported

  8. Placed on Today's Calendar

  9. Conf Report Adopted

  10. Conf Com Reported

  11. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  12. Withdrawn From Com

  13. Placed On Cal For 06/26/2025

  14. Conf Com Appointed

  15. Failed Concur In H Com Sub

  16. Conf Com Appointed

  17. Withdrawn From Com

  18. Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025

  19. Reptd Fav

  20. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  21. Added to Calendar

  22. Passed 2nd Reading

  23. Passed 3rd Reading

  24. Special Message Sent To Senate

  25. Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  26. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  27. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  28. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  29. Withdrawn From Com

  30. Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  31. Passed 1st Reading

  32. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  33. Regular Message Sent To House

  34. Regular Message Received From Senate

  35. Passed 2nd Reading

  36. Passed 3rd Reading

  37. Reptd Fav

  38. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  39. Com Substitute Adopted

  40. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  41. Passed 1st Reading

  42. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  43. Withdrawn From Com

  44. Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  45. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (167)

167 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt

Passed 46 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 20000
Republican 26004
Total 46004
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Yea
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Val Applewhite Democratic Yea
Woodson Bradley Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Not Voting
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Not Voting
Mark Hollo Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Not Voting
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Not Voting
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 81 Yea · 20 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 131704
Unaffiliated 18306
U 2000
Republican 48009
Total 8120019
% of votes cast 68%17%0%16%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Clemmons — Yea
Harris — Yea
Lucas — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fontenot — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Autry — Nay
Rudow — Nay
vonHaefen — Nay
Moore — Not Voting
Gill — Not Voting
Staton-Williams — Not Voting
Elmore — Not Voting
CarsonSmith — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Not Voting
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Nay
Cynthia Ball Democratic Not Voting
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Nay
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Not Voting
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Not Voting
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Not Voting
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Not Voting
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Not Voting
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Not Voting
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Not Voting
Sarah Stevens Republican Not Voting
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 311?
SB 311 is sponsored by Caleb Theodros (Democratic), Norman W. Sanderson (Republican), DeAndrea Salvador (Democratic), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican), Ralph Hise (Republican), Bobby Hanig (Republican), Lisa Grafstein (Democratic), Gale Adcock (Democratic), Dan Blue (Democratic), David W. Craven, Jr. (Republican), and Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 311?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 17, 2025. Enacted.
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