---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP)Act."
description: "Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP)Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "North Carolina HB 243 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "CRIMES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FRAUD", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHYSICIANS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "RECORDS", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Malone", "Murphy"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b65c3195-538e-4dc9-967f-58c53cfcfb83"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36882f8443b2fc1c5464734e6444d543d010026aea533a7cc62282c32e54caa2"
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 243 (2017) — Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP)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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATY-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/3126/0/H243-ATY-14-V-1)
3. **A1: ATY-43-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4820/0/H243-ATY-43-V-2)
4. **A2: ASH-9-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/3123/0/H243-ASH-9-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v6.pdf)
11. **SL 2017-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H243v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Dulin — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Henson — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** Ch. SL 2017-74 `became-law`
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-21** Engrossed
- **2017-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b65c3195-538e-4dc9-967f-58c53cfcfb83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).