---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repurpose R.J. Blackley Ctr as Psych Hospital."
description: "Repurpose R.J. Blackley Ctr as Psych Hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "North Carolina SB 115 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CERTIFICATES OF NEED", "CHAPTERED", "CLINICS", "DEFINITIONS", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDINGS", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Krawiec"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d901c0c3-b4b3-4a37-a7da-962fe30ae79b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S115"
source_hash: "c97e3d6efc1211eaada5516fffff3b027793943c67894ed4b1d1f6d0287e7070"
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 115 (2023) — Repurpose R.J. Blackley Ctr as Psych Hospital.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S115v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S115v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S115v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S115v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Ch. SL 2023-3 `became-law`
- **2023-03-10** Signed by Gov. 3/10/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-10** Pres. To Gov. 3/10/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-09** Ratified
- **2023-03-08** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-02-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d901c0c3-b4b3-4a37-a7da-962fe30ae79b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).