---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autism Committee Recommendations."
description: "Autism Committee Recommendations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2523"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2523 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COURTS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57a1f877-8f46-4c7c-8129-3d88de45ea28"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c042a0912dd4a237c9c4a138d62003a6e6eba8af07273bcde709c7e28a6e30d2"
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 2523 (2007) — Autism Committee Recommendations.

## 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/H2523v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2523v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2523v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2523v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-83** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2523v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-11** Ch. SL 2008-83 `became-law`
- **2008-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-07** Ratified
- **2008-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Rec From House
- **2008-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2008
- **2008-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-25** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-11** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations `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/57a1f877-8f46-4c7c-8129-3d88de45ea28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).