---
type: "Bill"
title: "Custody/Visitation/Military Orders."
description: "Custody/Visitation/Military Orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1634"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1634 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CHILD CUSTODY", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HALL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE", "REP. GOODWIN", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Hall", "Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/464e1b40-3d82-400e-b53a-ec4855e05b4a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1634&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "30937bceb59663e0bdeb2d1f056fce1b8779ab2bd4fad19f3892ade404053a6d"
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 1634 (2007) — Custody/Visitation/Military Orders.

## 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/H1634v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1634v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1634v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1634v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1634v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1634v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-05** Ch. SL 2007-175 `became-law`
- **2007-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-27** Ratified
- **2007-06-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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`
- **2007-05-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2007
- **2007-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military and Veterans Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/464e1b40-3d82-400e-b53a-ec4855e05b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).