---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Authority/Custody of Child."
description: "Law Enforcement Authority/Custody of Child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "North Carolina SB 53 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/145d5665-0d30-4439-9671-2f865625ead4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S53&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ad0812b6afe304eba6ea1f60a5ea1a771f0d9e9c0b22b76f887073d9968a49b"
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 53 (2017) — Law Enforcement Authority/Custody of Child.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S53v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S53v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-01** Ch. SL 2017-22 `became-law`
- **2017-06-01** Signed by Gov. 6/1/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pres. To Gov. 5/23/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Ratified
- **2017-05-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-18** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Placed On Cal For 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-16** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/145d5665-0d30-4439-9671-2f865625ead4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).