---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retain Adult Developmental Vocational Rehabilitation Programs."
description: "Retain Adult Developmental Vocational Rehabilitation Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 323"
citation: "North Carolina HB 323 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Baker", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95f7c1ed-ccc4-4345-973f-e634df23594d"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H323"
source_hash: "2ce7b28a1d3c2dd4cb0153d56f136390bf9fcd5431e7029b006c0457c73e8f0e"
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 323 (2023) — Retain Adult Developmental Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H323v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H323v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H323v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H323v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H323v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Baker — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Budd — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffers — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Staton-Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-24** Ch. SL 2023-115 `became-law`
- **2023-08-24** Signed by Gov. 8/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/18/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-17** Ratified
- **2023-08-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-08-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-08-15** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2023
- **2023-08-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-05** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95f7c1ed-ccc4-4345-973f-e634df23594d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).