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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption Law Changes."
+description: "Adoption Law Changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "HB 637"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 637 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JORDAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jordan"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-04-05"
+last_action: "2012-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H637&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "a9f06b99486ccbfcef0550ae39d45b890aad3ec797c99ab6f16ba473e0faae2d"
+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 637 (2011) — Adoption Law Changes.
+
+## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2012-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jordan — primary (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-16 `became-law`
+- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
+- **2012-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 `executive-receipt`
+- **2012-06-07** Ratified
+- **2012-06-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2012-06-05** Postponed To 6/6/2012
+- **2012-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
+- **2012-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2012-06-04** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2012-05-31** Rec From Senate
+- **2012-05-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2012-05-29** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2012-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-25** Rec From House
+- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
+- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+