---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gender Transition/Minors."
description: "Gender Transition/Minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "North Carolina HB 808 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COUNSELING", "COURTS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FUNDING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LGBTQ & GENDER ISSUES", "LIABILITY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "NURSES & NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Fontenot", "Pless"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 60
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b561c04f-f1ac-4c8f-ae4f-1302d838e2de"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H808"
source_hash: "dbe1f25d83b7d27c91cdd24b96fff860c846c033aaf7a9d3954b2ea6792b827f"
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 808 (2023) — Gender Transition/Minors.

## 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/H808v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/5579/0/H808-A-NBC-10536)
3. **A5: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6611/0/H808-A-NBC-11080)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v7.pdf)
11. **SL 2023-111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H808v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 11 Veto Override — **27–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Fontenot — primary (person)
- Pless — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Cairns — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-16** Ch. SL 2023-111 `became-law`
- **2023-08-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-08-16** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-08-07** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2023
- **2023-08-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-08-03** Placed On Cal For 08/15/2023
- **2023-08-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-20** Placed On Cal For 08/07/2023
- **2023-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-17** Placed On Cal For 07/20/2023
- **2023-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-12** Placed On Cal For 07/19/2023
- **2023-07-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-07-06** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-07-05** Received from the Governor
- **2023-07-05** Vetoed 07/05/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** Ratified
- **2023-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-28** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-27** Engrossed
- **2023-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-27** Amend Adopted A5 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-27** Amend Tabled A3
- **2023-06-27** Amend Tabled A2
- **2023-06-27** Amend Tabled A1
- **2023-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-03** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-05-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Serial Referral To Judiciary 1 Stricken
- **2023-05-01** Serial Referral To Families, Children, and Aging Policy Stricken
- **2023-04-19** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Families, Children, and Aging Policy, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b561c04f-f1ac-4c8f-ae4f-1302d838e2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).