---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advance Directives/Health Care POA."
description: "Advance Directives/Health Care POA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 634"
citation: "North Carolina HB 634 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "POWER OF ATTORNEY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRUSTS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-13"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ffc3ac-24f2-4e3e-ace8-455983b3e027"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H634&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5ffd045d8695116bf4439d5a21600baec17eec9743c69cbbb66b99c8e635be6d"
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 634 (2007) — Advance Directives/Health Care POA.

## 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/H634v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H634v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H634v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H634v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H634v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H634v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 2\Prev Question — **34–10** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **68–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-502 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Postponed To 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2007
- **2007-07-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Rec From House
- **2007-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14ffc3ac-24f2-4e3e-ace8-455983b3e027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).