---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rylan's Law/Family/Child Protect. & Acc. Act."
description: "Rylan's Law/Family/Child Protect. & Acc. Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 630"
citation: "North Carolina HB 630 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FOSTER CARE", "GUARDIANSHIP", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boles", "Rogers", "Stevens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-06"
last_action: "2017-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55bdd3de-4dbb-409f-a4da-1a48e662fe86"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H630&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b95915b8312c0b00b29cdc522391f56fa5612bb0200f90e0d41ffb7b1ea36eae"
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 630 (2017) — Rylan's Law/Family/Child Protect. & Acc. 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/H630v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-14-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4122/0/H630-AMM-14-V-2)
3. **A1: AMM-27-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4601/0/H630-AMM-27-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H630v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **101–14** (pass) · lower
- M8 Re-Refer Homeless., Fost. Care, and Depend. — **24–90** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boles — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-21** Ch. SL 2017-41 `became-law`
- **2017-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-15** Ratified
- **2017-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-14** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2017
- **2017-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-12** Engrossed
- **2017-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Ref to the Com on Homelessness, Foster Care, and Dependency, if favorable, Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55bdd3de-4dbb-409f-a4da-1a48e662fe86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).