---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption and Juvenile Law Changes."
description: "Adoption and Juvenile Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 776"
citation: "North Carolina HB 776 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SECURITY", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan", "Rogers", "Stevens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68792170-b70b-427c-936b-a5d32bb7f387"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H776&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "80b3827b41f303b71e893074e55c7cdb80aac36bd0cbaf0b020cb4a486e24254"
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 776 (2017) — Adoption and Juvenile Law Changes.

## 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/H776v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H776v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H776v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H776v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H776v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Duane Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-68 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-13** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** 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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `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/68792170-b70b-427c-936b-a5d32bb7f387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).