---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Child Assessment Responses."
description: "Establish Child Assessment Responses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "North Carolina HB 277 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "DHHS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "REP. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Glazier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5aa6500-3593-49cc-998b-9bd8c4e35a4d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2adc76697619538501a5fcd4d42b357aa590ba0a5b0821427a460afcf57f9341"
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 277 (2005) — Establish Child Assessment Responses.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H277v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H277v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H277v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-05-23** Ch. SL 2005-55 `became-law`
- **2005-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/23/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-05-16** Pres. To Gov. 5/13/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-05-12** Ratified
- **2005-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2005
- **2005-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-07** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-07** Rec From House
- **2005-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2005
- **2005-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5aa6500-3593-49cc-998b-9bd8c4e35a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).