---
type: "Bill"
title: "Info. On Lawful Abandonment."
description: "Info. On Lawful Abandonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 485"
citation: "North Carolina HB 485 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "WOMEN", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JUSTICE", "REP. COLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Haire", "Justice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1578b0cf-f407-4d49-8159-b410d0821c29"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H485&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "20d8f4f11d996dfaba71102b501bb6d179e3577327a93a5e0083b2f96f9364a0"
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 485 (2007) — Info. On Lawful Abandonment.

## 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/H485v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H485v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H485v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H485v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H485v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H485v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Haire — primary (person)
- Justice — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-126 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-19** Ratified
- **2007-06-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2007
- **2007-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-06-12** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-24** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** Rec From House
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2007
- **2007-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-17** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-03** Assigned To Education Subcommittee on Pre-School, Elementary and Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1578b0cf-f407-4d49-8159-b410d0821c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).