---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts."
description: "Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "North Carolina SB 615 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "AOC", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD ABUSE", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "ETHICS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnes", "Galey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41eacfe6-fc3d-4a76-a517-da0aeed1155e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S615"
source_hash: "f8f4aab075a34b4ed74a391c7c24369368eb49b831a686974b328fc49c1b4ca3"
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 615 (2023) — Adoption Law/Notary Changes/Guardianship Rts.

## 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/S615v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S615v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnes — primary (person)
- Galey — primary (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28** Ch. SL 2023-124 `became-law`
- **2023-09-28** Signed by Gov. 9/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-21** Pres. To Gov. 9/21/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** Ratified
- **2023-09-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-12** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-12** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-09-12** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-12** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-08-16** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-06-29** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41eacfe6-fc3d-4a76-a517-da0aeed1155e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).