---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jordan's Law."
description: "Jordan's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 615"
citation: "North Carolina HB 615 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUVENILE CODE", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "NAMED LAWS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-20"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30280f6f-dc41-43bd-9297-c710a05d2e97"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H615"
source_hash: "a613311941ddd7d894e5c302be2b47870bc7995ec6c62bcc072d8f359ba6d36c"
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 615 (2021) — Jordan's Law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACE-58-V-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/54733/0/H615-ACE-58-V-9)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2022-48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H615v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-07** Ch. SL 2022-48 `became-law`
- **2022-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** Ratified
- **2022-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-06-29** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-06-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2022-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2022-06-09** Engrossed
- **2022-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2022-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30280f6f-dc41-43bd-9297-c710a05d2e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).