---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHHS Study/Maternal and Neonatal Care."
description: "DHHS Study/Maternal and Neonatal Care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 741"
citation: "North Carolina HB 741 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CREMATION", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "INFANT MORTALITY", "MINORS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STUDIES", "WOMEN", "CHAPTERED", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boswell", "G. Adcock", "Murphy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/934872d5-07eb-427f-83c1-4de9f4afbc34"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H741&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bdcc15f8b92dfbfd40a4fc498526973710ab51d01f8697bb27ff7564d70b70a0"
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 741 (2017) — DHHS Study/Maternal and Neonatal Care.

## 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/H741v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H741v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H741v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H741v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H741v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boswell — primary (person)
- G. Adcock — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-93 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2018
- **2018-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Placed On Cal For 04/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/934872d5-07eb-427f-83c1-4de9f4afbc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).