---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Care Retire. Community/Home Care."
description: "Continuing Care Retire. Community/Home Care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "North Carolina SB 354 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOME HEALTH CARE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "NURSING HOMES", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/372fbbdc-5ddf-4958-a8ea-e4ed4da2ee5b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S354&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "99ceb7914881419417f20cbbcdcb6179a77cc23338de4c0a2ebb3842ee41d1a7"
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 354 (2009) — Continuing Care Retire. Community/Home Care.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-185-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1732/0/S354-ALB-185-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v7.pdf)
10. **SL2010-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S354v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-128 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2010-07-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-07-06** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-01** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-16** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-02** Re-ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-02** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/372fbbdc-5ddf-4958-a8ea-e4ed4da2ee5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).