---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid and HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs."
description: "Medicaid and HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "North Carolina HB 696 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; ADMINISTRATIVE RULES; ADVERTISING & MARKETING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTORS; COMMUNICATIONS; COUNSELING; DENTISTS & DENTISTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FOODS & BEVERAGES; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES & NURSING; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; OPTICIANS & OPTOMETRISTS; PERSONNEL; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PHYSICIANS; PRESENTED; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATIFIED; SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS; CHAPTERED; OPTHALMOLOGY & OPTHALMOLOGISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potts", "Reeder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2026-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe19fbb0-1173-41af-9628-71351bd95507"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H696"
source_hash: "ff7a90c2eeedf3197eb32b2464fec0eaafd8937c3f9effe3fee6b08dd2b70b48"
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 HB 696 (2025) — Medicaid and HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2026-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H696v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Third Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Potts — primary (person)
- Reeder — primary (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Huneycutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-30** Ch. SL 2026-1 `became-law`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Gov. 4/30/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-28** Pres. To Gov. 4/28/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-28** Ratified
- **2026-04-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2026-04-28** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2026-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
- **2026-04-22** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2026-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2026
- **2026-04-22** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2026-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Ruled Material
- **2026-04-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2026-04-21** Placed On Cal For 04/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Held As Material
- **2026-04-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2026-04-21** Conferees Changed
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-24** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2025-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2025-06-19** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
- **2025-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe19fbb0-1173-41af-9628-71351bd95507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).