---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Authority of Social Services Comm.-AB"
description: "Clarify Authority of Social Services Comm.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 697"
citation: "North Carolina HB 697 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ADOPTION", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COMMISSIONS", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "FOSTER CARE", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES COMN.", "REP. BARNHART", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. PARMON", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart", "Glazier", "Goodwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eda57cd-f32e-4117-a8be-c15bbb83ac40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H697&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "069127a7244821d91e150dd86b89e8b0d7a11b956ac4cf45c5cb6e8050a4c15e"
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 697 (2007) — Clarify Authority of Social Services Comm.-AB

## 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/H697v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H697v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H697v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H697v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H697v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-04-28** Ch. SL 2007-30 `became-law`
- **2007-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-04-26** Pres. To Gov. 4/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-04-25** Ratified
- **2007-04-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2007
- **2007-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-23** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/17/2007
- **2007-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-04** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-04** Rec From House
- **2007-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/3/2007
- **2007-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eda57cd-f32e-4117-a8be-c15bbb83ac40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).