---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Housing/Training Mentally Ill in ACH."
description: "Study Housing/Training Mentally Ill in ACH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "North Carolina SB 164 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSING HOMES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT", "SEN. MALONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-13"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd3c0ee-52cc-4ced-80fc-e5d1d51bd22f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S164&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "301793e65bc474548191abe20b6b18c0657ab665c42f13ed2692e4c849c7a0f8"
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 SB 164 (2007) — Study Housing/Training Mentally Ill in ACH.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S164v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S164v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S164v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S164v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S164v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-156 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-25** Ratified
- **2007-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2007
- **2007-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-07** Placed On Cal For 3/12/2007
- **2007-03-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd3c0ee-52cc-4ced-80fc-e5d1d51bd22f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).