---
type: "Bill"
title: "People First Language 2018."
description: "People First Language 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 768"
citation: "North Carolina SB 768 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "GENERAL STATUTES", "LANGUAGES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Harrington"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-29"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edb2dfc-082e-484d-89f0-433651bd2fc4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S768&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5fdb4c9e295fd488c700c1a8c9188d48f501c8a50b8fa57bd4c46c38bc0671d9"
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 768 (2017) — People First Language 2018.

## 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/S768v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6969/0/S768-A-NBC-2424)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S768v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S768v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S768v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S768v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Harrington — primary (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-47 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In H Amend S768v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2018-06-07** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-31** Ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-05-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1edb2dfc-082e-484d-89f0-433651bd2fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).