---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot Release of Inmates to Adult Care Homes."
description: "Pilot Release of Inmates to Adult Care Homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "North Carolina HB 678 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LEWIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f4e1f4-3a9a-4a56-8a27-90364e68b084"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H678&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9f4f2647e10013cf14181b823f1534b52ef821314a37b13eae4a8b09a2d712fe"
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 678 (2011) — Pilot Release of Inmates to Adult Care Homes.

## 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/H678v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H678v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H678v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H678v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H678v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-28** Ch. SL 2011-389 `became-law`
- **2011-06-28** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Rec From House
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9f4e1f4-3a9a-4a56-8a27-90364e68b084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).