---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Adult Care Home Residents."
description: "Protect Adult Care Home Residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "North Carolina HB 474 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "DISEASES", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSPECTIONS", "NOTIFICATION", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Hollo", "Weiss"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-24"
last_action: "2011-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d711278-c6d9-4ce2-8e74-41ca636172c2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H474&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "491159518143635594cf897dd7aaa43ebc71284fb4ed14d4eb4ff5d8b6604b77"
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 474 (2011) — Protect Adult Care Home Residents.

## 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/H474v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATK-57-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/419/0/H474-ATK-57-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v5.pdf)
8. **SL2011-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H474v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Hollo — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-05-31** Ch. SL 2011-99 `became-law`
- **2011-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-26** Pres. To Gov. 5/26/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-25** Ratified
- **2011-05-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2011
- **2011-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-29** Rec From House
- **2011-04-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-28** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d711278-c6d9-4ce2-8e74-41ca636172c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).