---
type: "Bill"
title: "Right to Try Individualized Treatments."
description: "Right to Try Individualized Treatments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "North Carolina HB 98 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PATIENT RIGHTS", "PERSONNEL", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "RESEARCH", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VACCINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biggs", "Hardister", "N. Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2024-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28af7c62-e889-4954-84fe-93c3889f164a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H98"
source_hash: "d9028c775ca8774541ce15dc5b9d03ed3b22afb7819cffed169b7a3fe0ffd500"
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 98 (2023) — Right to Try Individualized Treatments.

## 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/H98v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2024-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H98v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biggs — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- N. Jackson — primary (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Chesser — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-08** Ch. SL 2024-36 `became-law`
- **2024-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Ratified
- **2024-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-27** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28af7c62-e889-4954-84fe-93c3889f164a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).