---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHHS Penalties and Remedies Revision.-AB"
description: "DHHS Penalties and Remedies Revision.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "North Carolina HB 397 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LEWIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-16"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59aa6078-b9c6-44d2-80a2-946c304f8af6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H397&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "804779b116003e84d5e6b5e72447c07fccdb8e281d613678cae57321271b4b07"
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 397 (2011) — DHHS Penalties and Remedies Revision.-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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H397v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-249 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-06** Rec From House
- **2011-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-04** Placed On Cal For 5/5/2011
- **2011-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-17** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee A, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59aa6078-b9c6-44d2-80a2-946c304f8af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).