---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senior Care Options."
description: "Senior Care Options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "North Carolina SB 274 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "CHAPTERED", "CONTRACTS", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOME HEALTH CARE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-11-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/153414e0-2467-4038-80a0-139e47450527"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S274"
source_hash: "255fa1670101a9eb5e507704c8987f934667140348837b3d0ee81636e3dc97bc"
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 274 (2023) — Senior Care Options.

## 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/S274v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/2653/0/S274-ASH-8-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S274v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-09** Ch. SL 2023-150 `became-law`
- **2023-11-09** Signed by Gov. 11/9/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-25** Pres. To Gov. 10/25/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** Ratified
- **2023-10-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-10-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-10-25** Added to Calendar
- **2023-10-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-10-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-10-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-10-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-10-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-10-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-09-12** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2023-09-11** Placed On Cal For 09/12/2023
- **2023-09-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-09-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-07** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-09-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-09-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-29** Engrossed
- **2023-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/153414e0-2467-4038-80a0-139e47450527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).