---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurs. Home Admin Crim. Hist."
description: "Nurs. Home Admin Crim. Hist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2397"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2397 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FEES", "FINGERPRINTING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MANAGEMENT", "NURSING HOME ADMIN. BOARD", "NURSING HOMES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "SPEAKER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. PIERCE", "REP. BOYLAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Boylan", "Farmer-Butterfield"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a528c9-0a04-49ba-9cff-0250b89b3d83"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2397&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19cad89f69abe158d43b40a122d5b2a8bbb92b235364321406af18aeaf1909b4"
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 2397 (2007) — Nurs. Home Admin Crim. Hist.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v5.pdf)
7. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v6.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v7.pdf)
9. **SL2008-183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2397v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-183 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-18** Ratified
- **2008-07-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2008
- **2008-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-17** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2008
- **2008-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-08** Rec From House
- **2008-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a528c9-0a04-49ba-9cff-0250b89b3d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).