---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Law Changes."
description: "Adoption Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "North Carolina HB 293 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c309e267-5a81-4d46-8963-f0813a072f8c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H293&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "582be4f4625dd424b0870047ea886ab17b3d62808b119f0be29c6637e9544574"
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 293 (2015) — Adoption Law Changes.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H293v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H293v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H293v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H293v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H293v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-04** Ch. SL 2015-54 `became-law`
- **2015-06-04** Signed by Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-26** Ratified
- **2015-05-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-21** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-20** Placed On Cal For 05/21/2015
- **2015-05-18** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-05-14** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-31** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Placed On Cal For 03/30/2015
- **2015-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c309e267-5a81-4d46-8963-f0813a072f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).