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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts."
+description: "Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 615"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 615 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION", "AOC", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "ETHICS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Galey"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-05"
+last_action: "2023-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41eacfe6-fc3d-4a76-a517-da0aeed1155e"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S615"
+source_hash: "f8f4aab075a34b4ed74a391c7c24369368eb49b831a686974b328fc49c1b4ca3"
+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 615 (2023) — Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts.
+
+## 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/S615v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2023-124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barnes — primary (person)
+- Galey — primary (person)
+- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-09-28** Ch. SL 2023-124 `became-law`
+- **2023-09-28** Signed by Gov. 9/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-09-21** Pres. To Gov. 9/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-09-20** Ratified
+- **2023-09-19** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2023-09-19** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
+- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2023-09-12** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2023-09-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2023-09-12** Added to Calendar
+- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Reported
+- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Reported
+- **2023-08-16** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2023-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2023-06-29** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2023-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2023-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-06-28** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-06-28** Added to Calendar
+- **2023-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From Senate
+- **2023-05-04** Special Message Sent To House
+- **2023-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2023-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-05** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41eacfe6-fc3d-4a76-a517-da0aeed1155e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+