---
type: "Bill"
title: "Detention of Mentally Ill in Facility."
description: "Detention of Mentally Ill in Facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "North Carolina HB 533 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "ASHE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "COMPANY POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-03"
last_action: "2013-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4782217-d835-4e5b-adbf-c08be0af00e2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H533&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8228b206c804722326a88834dc26936b078a466b1e82d236b233c18daa9a1d5"
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 533 (2013) — Detention of Mentally Ill in Facility.

## 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/H533v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATO-11-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5167/0/H533-ATO-11-V-3)
3. **A2: ALB-56-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5157/0/H533-ALB-56-V-1)
4. **A3: ALB-57-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5332/0/H533-ALB-57-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H533v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H533v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H533v3.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H533v4.pdf)
9. **SL2013-114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H533v5.pdf)

## Votes

- A2 Elmore Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- A3 Floyd Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-18** Ch. SL 2013-114 `became-law`
- **2013-06-18** Ratified
- **2013-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4782217-d835-4e5b-adbf-c08be0af00e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).