---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transition Certain Abuse Investigations/DCDEE."
description: "Transition Certain Abuse Investigations/DCDEE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "North Carolina SB 578 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "CRIMES", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Hise"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20fa3a3e-07c5-486a-a20f-bcc13dfe1918"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77fb93e3719312d18e8de2c5b3ab54a505c5e250ae3b429d0b720117f8536b90"
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 578 (2015) — Transition Certain Abuse Investigations/DCDEE.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMC-80-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5291/0/S578-AMC-80-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Hise — primary (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-29** Ch. SL 2015-123 `became-law`
- **2015-06-29** Signed by Gov. 6/29/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 06/25/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-24** Ratified
- **2015-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-23** Concurred In H Amend S578v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
- **2015-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2015-06-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2015
- **2015-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-29** Ref to the Com on Children, Youth, and Families, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20fa3a3e-07c5-486a-a20f-bcc13dfe1918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).