---
type: "Bill"
title: "QRIS/Star Rating System Reform."
description: "QRIS/Star Rating System Reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "North Carolina SB 291 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHILD CARE COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "INSPECTIONS", "KINDERGARTEN", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Chaudhuri"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d53ba6b-8935-4d3c-89e4-855b1d76dcde"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S291"
source_hash: "22bbab7cc9cc3303254974f23cb1ca87c90fd98450e4c3f9da2db1a5105a2753"
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 291 (2023) — QRIS/Star Rating System Reform.

## 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/S291v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S291v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Chaudhuri — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Ch. SL 2023-40 `became-law`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 6/2/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Ratified
- **2023-05-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Placed On Cal For 05/31/2023
- **2023-05-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-23** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/4d53ba6b-8935-4d3c-89e4-855b1d76dcde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).