---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoptive Families/DHHS/Crim. Checks."
description: "Adoptive Families/DHHS/Crim. Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "North Carolina HB 451 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DHHS", "FISCAL NOTES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart", "Glazier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab3ee766-f1d3-49f0-a38f-b81ef07696c2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H451&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2a994cfb0279419ce8f198980b673f0cc035e5334013877c060cc5fc28270256"
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 451 (2005) — Adoptive Families/DHHS/Crim. Checks.

## 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/H451v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H451v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H451v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H451v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H451v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H451v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-27** Ch. SL 2005-114 `became-law`
- **2005-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2005
- **2005-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-22** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2005-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Rec From House
- **2005-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2005
- **2005-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab3ee766-f1d3-49f0-a38f-b81ef07696c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).