---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Adoption Laws."
description: "Amend Adoption Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "North Carolina HB 147 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "Stevens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae818ed-9173-40c2-bf29-0f0847f835c3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H147&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "db02c1002d54212fdcd623def53a0c6673268074f108ba833e8437ca71e475f0"
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 147 (2013) — Amend Adoption Laws.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H147v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **103–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-03** Ch. SL 2013-236 `became-law`
- **2013-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-24** Ratified
- **2013-06-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2013
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Rec From House
- **2013-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-06** Placed On Cal For 03/07/2013
- **2013-03-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-02-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ae818ed-9173-40c2-bf29-0f0847f835c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).