---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Health and Human Services Revisions."
description: "Department of Health and Human Services Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 734"
citation: "North Carolina HB 734 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "AREA MENTAL HEALTH BOARDS", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CONSUMER & FAMILY ADVISORY COMM.", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DEFINITIONS", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS", "INTERNET", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MHDDSAS COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PSYCHIATRY", "PSYCHOLOGY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEMEDICINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potts"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-28"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cde6a9-ee9d-41a3-a609-c23e776c170c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H734"
source_hash: "2bb388d363fa6adb287b4804ca82fd65596d8a5913215c0b840c610edee3a4f2"
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 734 (2021) — Department of Health and Human Services Revisions.

## 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/H734v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABP-12-V-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52215/0/H734-ABP-12-V-9)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H734v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H734v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H734v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H734v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-77** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H734v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Potts — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-77 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24** Ratified
- **2021-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-06-21** Engrossed
- **2021-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2021
- **2021-06-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5cde6a9-ee9d-41a3-a609-c23e776c170c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).