---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child Care Flexibilities."
description: "Child Care Flexibilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "North Carolina SB 722 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95f5c05e-0379-4ead-8cd2-04c6967d40ac"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S722"
source_hash: "208ce49670651a39e78a2f02c4db00c3f3430ee7eef87f39fb3257983c79d397"
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 722 (2023) — Child Care Flexibilities.

## 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/S722v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S722v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-10** Ch. SL 2023-87 `became-law`
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Gov. 7/10/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** Ratified
- **2023-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2023
- **2023-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav `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
- **2023-05-01** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95f5c05e-0379-4ead-8cd2-04c6967d40ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).