---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caylee's Law/Report Missing Children."
description: "Caylee's Law/Report Missing Children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "North Carolina HB 149 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hastings", "J. Bell", "Jordan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ed0208-711a-46c5-9317-0cfedf4bf7e1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H149&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c0d3528d9fceb031c1bd7f128f02a6547e9400aa17a8994c0f0a455411031ec"
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 149 (2013) — Caylee's Law/Report Missing Children.

## 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/H149v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H149v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H149v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H149v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H149v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H149v5.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hastings — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- W. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-17** Ch. SL 2013-52 `became-law`
- **2013-05-17** Signed by Gov. 5/17/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-09** Pres. To Gov. 5/9/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-08** Ratified
- **2013-05-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2013
- **2013-05-02** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-05-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-05-01** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `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** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5ed0208-711a-46c5-9317-0cfedf4bf7e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).