---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Respite Care."
description: "Study Respite Care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "North Carolina HB 424 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "DHHS", "DISEASES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "REP. CLARY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clary", "Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-28"
last_action: "2007-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a447086-5d4a-4208-b9f3-5a9aad07ff6c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H424&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "14661cacdcdee9eb9214919ca99b18126da721f5d519d6a37f13e95ce2677df6"
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 424 (2007) — Study Respite Care.

## 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/H424v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H424v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H424v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-39** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H424v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clary — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-11** Ch. SL 2007-39 `became-law`
- **2007-05-11** Signed By Gov. 5/11/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-05-03** Pres. To Gov. 5/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-05-02** Ratified
- **2007-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2007
- **2007-04-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Rec From House
- **2007-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2007
- **2007-03-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-01** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a447086-5d4a-4208-b9f3-5a9aad07ff6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).