A total of 153 bills competed in the third qualifying round of Speed Week.

Among the 56 that passed a third reading in either the House or the Senate Wednesday:

Protective orders: A House bill would make it a felony to violate a domestic violence protective order while armed.

Don't feed them: A Senate bill would it illegal to intentionally feed alligators outside of captivity.

Swift Boating: A Senate bill would require 527 groups such as the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to disclose state campaign spending.

MySpace: A Senate bill would require parental consent for minors on social networking sites such as MySpace.

In other news, a Senate bill would allow off-road bikers on public lands, a Senate bill woul allow prosecutors to keep the name of an informant from the defense, a Senate bill would allow private investigators to have tinted windows, a House bill would allow detention officers to carry guns into courthouses, a House bill would establish Juneteenth as National Freedom Day and a House bill would allow DNA testing for men paying child support.

A Senate Judiciary committee agreed to make minor changes to a 2004 law that requires prosecutors to open case files to defendants.

The proposal represents a compromise between the N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, which sought greater leeway to withhold details of some witness interviews from defense attorneys, and the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Lynn Bonner reports.

Under the compromise, prosecutors would not have to make notes of witness interviews for disclosure unless the information is new or significantly different from previous witness statements. The state would not have to disclose the identity of confidential informants.

The initial proposal gained resonance coming in the fallout of the Duke lacrosse case, in which Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong withheld DNA evidence.

Brad Bannon, incoming chairman of the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyer's criminal defense section, said the proposal makes "narrow exceptions to the open file rule."