---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster Care Family Act."
description: "Foster Care Family Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "North Carolina SB 423 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FOSTER CARE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "JUVENILE CODE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDICAID", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "STUDIES", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Harrington"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b2f0c0c-c3a6-4fb0-bc9d-f3ecfa44daea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S423&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5ac9f73c249a3eaa458f8aa473acc70ab3c185bdffe3ba07a73330356a61e3d2"
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 423 (2015) — Foster Care Family Act.

## 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/S423v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-55-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5292/0/S423-ATG-55-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v6.pdf)
9. **SL2015-135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Harrington — primary (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Foushee — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smith-Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-02** Ch. SL 2015-135 `became-law`
- **2015-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 06/25/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-24** Ratified
- **2015-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-23** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
- **2015-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-06-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2015
- **2015-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-11** Serial Referral To Insurance Stricken
- **2015-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-30** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary III, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2015
- **2015-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-13** Sequential Referral To Insurance Added
- **2015-03-26** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b2f0c0c-c3a6-4fb0-bc9d-f3ecfa44daea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).