---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Overnight Respite Pilot Program."
description: "Extend Overnight Respite Pilot Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "North Carolina SB 291 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESPITE CARE", "SESSION LAWS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-16"
last_action: "2015-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5864774-1087-4f58-a7c4-b4f333f819cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S291&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9e38adbdcd5fba6066ff3ea26eacea0b56c439fe6a49c3f47c4588dfc75a5d42"
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 SB 291 (2015) — Extend Overnight Respite Pilot Program.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S291v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-04** Ch. SL 2015-52 `became-law`
- **2015-06-04** Signed by Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 05/28/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-28** Ratified
- **2015-05-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-05-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5864774-1087-4f58-a7c4-b4f333f819cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).