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type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Information for Adult Adoptees."
description: "Access to Information for Adult Adoptees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "North Carolina HB 445 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "DHHS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS.", "TITLE CHANGE", "VITAL RECORDS", "REP. CRAWFORD", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. WILKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Dickson", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-01"
last_action: "2007-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7722d9-23fb-4edb-8dac-3fdfd4061ca1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H445&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8976d61d4f9ae68e925b49e85b2edd4918921ec3debe69dbcda86a32e862f6f7"
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 445 (2007) — Access to Information for Adult Adoptees.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H445v4.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **490** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Crawford — primary (person)
- Dickson — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-07-23** Ch. SL 2007-262 `became-law`
- **2007-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-12** Ratified
- **2007-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Rec From House
- **2007-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2007
- **2007-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-01** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7722d9-23fb-4edb-8dac-3fdfd4061ca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).