---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Loving Homes Act."
description: "The Loving Homes Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 815"
citation: "North Carolina HB 815 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COMMISSIONS", "DHHS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FOSTER CARE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesser", "Loftis", "Reeder"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96010a90-dae5-4189-84ef-d6976c8263dd"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H815"
source_hash: "2be7c1eac02c3ac65adcba9130d93c8e0dc015b180c5f6df19610c3616e39779"
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 815 (2023) — The Loving Homes Act.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H815v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H815v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H815v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H815v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-82** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H815v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chesser — primary (person)
- Loftis — primary (person)
- Reeder — primary (person)
- A. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cervania — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Longest — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Prather — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-07** Ch. SL 2023-82 `became-law`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** Ratified
- **2023-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Re-ref to the Com on Families, Children, and Aging Policy, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-19** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Families, Children, and Aging Policy, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96010a90-dae5-4189-84ef-d6976c8263dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).