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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Access to Information for Adult Adoptees."
+description: "Access to Information for Adult Adoptees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 445 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION", "DHHS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TITLE CHANGE", "VITAL RECORDS", "REP. CRAWFORD", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. WILKINS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Dickson", "Wilkins"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-01"
+last_action: "2007-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7722d9-23fb-4edb-8dac-3fdfd4061ca1"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H445&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "8976d61d4f9ae68e925b49e85b2edd4918921ec3debe69dbcda86a32e862f6f7"
+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 HB 445 (2007) — Access to Information for Adult Adoptees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2007-262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crawford — primary (person)
+- Dickson — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- Carney — cosponsor (person)
+- Current — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-07-23** Ch. SL 2007-262 `became-law`
+- **2007-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-signature`
+- **2007-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2007 `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-07-12** Ratified
+- **2007-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
+- **2007-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2007
+- **2007-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-01** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7722d9-23fb-4edb-8dac-3fdfd4061ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+