---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Health and Human Services."
description: "Improve Health and Human Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "North Carolina SB 600 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS; CHARTER SCHOOLS; CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.; COMMERCE; COMMISSIONS; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS; COUNTIES; DEATH & DYING; DHHS; DISABLED PERSONS; DMV; DRIVERS LICENSES; EDUCATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; EDUCATION", "HEALTH; KINDERGARTEN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; LICENSES & PERMITS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANAGED CARE; MANUFACTURING; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR VEHICLES; NURSES & NURSING; OCCUPATIONS; ORGAN DONATIONS; PERSONNEL; PHARMACEUTICALS; POVERTY; PRESENTED; INMATES; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; RATIFIED; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SESSION LAWS; SOCIAL SERVICES; SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.; STATE EMPLOYEES; TAX RETURNS; TAXATION; TITLE CHANGE; CHAPTERED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.; CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES; SCHOOL STAFF", "STATE BOARD OF; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPICES; HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS; ID SYSTEMS; INSURANCE; INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Galey"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/492cb520-9614-4a09-9059-452ba04d6f82"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S600"
source_hash: "730775d303174ab2b7a7649811087bbe9b4776c37941a70bc7c8bbf011dad72b"
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 600 (2025) — Improve Health and Human Services.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S600v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/6810/0/S600-A-NBC-16633)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2025-60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S600v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Galey — primary (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-03** Ch. SL 2025-60 `became-law`
- **2025-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** Ratified
- **2025-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-25** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-24** Ordered Engrossed
- **2025-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2025
- **2025-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2025
- **2025-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2025-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2025
- **2025-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-01** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/492cb520-9614-4a09-9059-452ba04d6f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).