---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Advisory Council on Rare Diseases."
description: "Establish Advisory Council on Rare Diseases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "North Carolina HB 823 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNCILS", "DHHS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "CHAPTERED", "RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila", "Carney", "Earle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846c3997-e5c4-4141-aa6d-338efd06014a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H823&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "df5f750c34021fece32f8c53f66e85ce607e0ca2ac52f366e0a05e3166a19e00"
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 823 (2015) — Establish Advisory Council on Rare Diseases.

## 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/H823v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H823v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H823v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H823v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H823v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Carney — primary (person)
- Earle — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-199 `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`
- **2015-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-20** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2015
- **2015-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-14** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2015
- **2015-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-13** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2015
- **2015-07-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Health `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/846c3997-e5c4-4141-aa6d-338efd06014a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).