---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Definition of Home Care Services."
description: "Expand Definition of Home Care Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 964"
citation: "North Carolina HB 964 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOME HEALTH CARE", "MEDICAL CARE COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. CLARY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clary", "Farmer-Butterfield"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2008-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c110345f-bab9-4d6d-b261-38454ef675bf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H964&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "92c1ad9b2a8e4b6e4b2d67de6cf3196107f516119c8646e9bc2c2c6811d8c7a1"
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 964 (2007) — Expand Definition of Home Care Services.

## 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/H964v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v6.pdf)
8. **SL2008-127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H964v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\M11 Concur — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clary — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-28** Ch. SL 2008-127 `became-law`
- **2008-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-17** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2008-07-16** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-16** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2008-07-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-27** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-27** Rec From House
- **2007-07-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2007
- **2007-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-06-21** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-22** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c110345f-bab9-4d6d-b261-38454ef675bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).