---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen Child Safety Laws/Care Facilities."
description: "Strengthen Child Safety Laws/Care Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "North Carolina HB 737 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DAY CARE", "EMPLOYMENT", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SAMUELSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earle", "Samuelson", "Steen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b80f798-b8f6-437f-ad50-78f1c1d24cad"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H737&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4ead0acbecc71564b5526c2b1bee3ef010789128157575a26570600d4a59d808"
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 737 (2011) — Strengthen Child Safety Laws/Care Facilities.

## 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/H737v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALB-172-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6993/0/H737-ALB-172-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H737v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H737v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H737v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H737v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H737v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earle — primary (person)
- Samuelson — primary (person)
- Steen — primary (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-160 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-20** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-19** Engrossed
- **2012-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2012
- **2012-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Rec From House
- **2011-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2011
- **2011-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b80f798-b8f6-437f-ad50-78f1c1d24cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).