---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Report/Protection and Advocacy Agency."
description: "Require Report/Protection and Advocacy Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 361"
citation: "North Carolina HB 361 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CORPORATIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "NGOS", "NONPROFIT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford", "Lambeth", "White"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d7ee43-da4f-4849-bd37-e9c61e882f82"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H361"
source_hash: "c61f483118541e9e11e17c89c0a5a73926f2a01251c796a9e9fad40151477a6d"
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 361 (2023) — Require Report/Protection and Advocacy Agency.

## 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/H361v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7283/0/H361-A-NBC-11404)
3. **A2: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7284/0/H361-A-NBC-11405)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H361v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H361v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H361v3.pdf)
7. **SL 2023-135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H361v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- A. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Roberson — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-03** Ch. SL 2023-135 `became-law`
- **2023-10-03** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-21** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2023-09-21** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-21** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** 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`
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d7ee43-da4f-4849-bd37-e9c61e882f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).