---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Uniform Law on Adult Guardianship."
description: "Enact Uniform Law on Adult Guardianship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "North Carolina HB 817 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COURTS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ESTATES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Meyer", "R. Turner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e545530e-9632-4326-9639-84126dff8889"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H817&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f96ff0453e4269f6f8f99314fea885c01e3fdd3eb6834514f6f1865047caa765"
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 817 (2015) — Enact Uniform Law on Adult Guardianship.

## 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/H817v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-105-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/7745/0/H817-ATG-105-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H817v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H817v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H817v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H817v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2016-72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H817v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M6 Reconsider — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-72 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2016-06-28** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2016-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2016-06-14** Conferees Changed
- **2016-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2016-06-14** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2016-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2016
- **2016-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-08** Engrossed
- **2016-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-08** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-01** Placed On Cal For 06/08/2016
- **2016-06-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-05-31** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2016
- **2016-05-31** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2016-05-26** Placed On Cal For 05/31/2016
- **2016-05-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e545530e-9632-4326-9639-84126dff8889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).