---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care for Women, Children, and Families Act."
description: "Care for Women, Children, and Families Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "North Carolina SB 20 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "ADOPTION", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CLINICS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DAY CARE", "DEFINITIONS", "DHHS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOSTER CARE", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "HUMAN RESOURCES COMN.", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INMATES", "INTERNET", "LEAVE", "LGBTQ & GENDER ISSUES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "NOTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHYSICIANS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SENTENCING", "SEX OFFENSES", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Corbin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38d18f4-014d-4a46-a660-91a20732a4d8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S20"
source_hash: "df34e617cd78fcd44118e467b580bdbc62141022be1cd5556c22f5bb8c584708"
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 20 (2023) — Care for Women, Children, and Families 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/Senate/PDF/S20v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **72–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Corbin — primary (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- P. Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16** Ch. SL 2023-14 `became-law`
- **2023-05-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-05-16** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Veto Received from Senate
- **2023-05-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-05-15** Placed On Cal For 05/16/2023
- **2023-05-14** Vetoed 05/14/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-05-04** Pres. To Gov. 5/4/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Ratified
- **2023-05-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-04** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-05-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-05-03** Placed On Cal For 05/04/2023
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav For Adoption `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-05-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-05-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-05-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-05-02** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-04-05** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-02-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-02-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-02-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-02-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-01-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38d18f4-014d-4a46-a660-91a20732a4d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).