---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Protections/Exploitation of Elders."
description: "Clarify Protections/Exploitation of Elders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 397"
citation: "North Carolina HB 397 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "FRAUD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "VICTIMS RIGHTS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "Reives", "Stam"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-30"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8106bcc2-cda5-44a6-ae14-72ef1a0607c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H397&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1825da4cbb71dddce31e9c777c7e5bbc2e6fc5ba9d5e66434ae8f32f0a67b84e"
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 397 (2015) — Clarify Protections/Exploitation of Elders.

## 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/H397v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATJ-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5796/0/H397-ATJ-21-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H397v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- Reives — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Salmon — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-182 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Engrossed
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** 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`
- **2015-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8106bcc2-cda5-44a6-ae14-72ef1a0607c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).