---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Long-Term Care Statutes."
description: "Update Long-Term Care Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1698 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MEDICAID", "NURSING HOMES", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. PIERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Pierce", "Weiss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-12"
last_action: "2010-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f83464-3e67-48e5-a83c-2d3f511bcbcd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1698&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2bd4220f9510f07824959f3896f614a101a8bebbdddcccc5c90a4a08acee6692"
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 1698 (2009) — Update Long-Term Care Statutes.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1698v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Pierce — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-08** Ch. SL 2010-66 `became-law`
- **2010-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-28** Ratified
- **2010-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-11** Rec From House
- **2010-06-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2010
- **2010-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-26** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-13** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f83464-3e67-48e5-a83c-2d3f511bcbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).