---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023."
description: "Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 415"
citation: "North Carolina HB 415 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING & MARKETING", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "COUNSELING", "CRIMES", "FRAUD", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PATIENT RIGHTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesser", "Reeder"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32e2d4f4-d309-4560-b29a-3c94df6df80a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H415"
source_hash: "3d343eaf9b036173389cdc7b3775277b2f55972ffc626e546822abe8c3dc82cc"
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 415 (2023) — Stop Addiction Fraud Ethics Act of 2023.

## 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/H415v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7353/0/H415-A-NBC-11452)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H415v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Chesser — primary (person)
- Reeder — primary (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wheatley — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-20** Ch. SL 2023-141 `became-law`
- **2023-10-20** Signed by Gov. 10/20/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Pres. To Gov. 10/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-10** Ratified
- **2023-10-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-10-10** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-10-05** Placed On Cal For 10/10/2023
- **2023-10-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-09-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-09-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-09-22** Engrossed
- **2023-09-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Placed On Cal For 09/22/2023
- **2023-09-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-20** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2023
- **2023-09-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-18** Placed On Cal For 09/20/2023
- **2023-09-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-13** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
- **2023-09-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/13/2023
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-11** Placed On Cal For 09/12/2023
- **2023-09-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32e2d4f4-d309-4560-b29a-3c94df6df80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).