republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2011/hb-637.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Adoption Law Changes.	Adoption Law Changes.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2011	HB 637	North Carolina HB 637 (2011)	bill	ADOPTION GUARDIANSHIP INCOMPETENTS MARRIAGE & FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH MINORS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTERED REP. JORDAN	enacted	Jordan	6	23	2	2011-04-05	2012-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H637&votesToView=all	a9f06b99486ccbfcef0550ae39d45b890aad3ec797c99ab6f16ba473e0faae2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 637 (2011) — Adoption Law Changes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL2012-16 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• M11 Concur — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jordan — primary (person)
• Stevens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-06-11 Ch. SL 2012-16 became-law
• 2012-06-11 Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 executive-signature
• 2012-06-08 Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 executive-receipt
• 2012-06-07 Ratified
• 2012-06-06 Concurred In S/Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2012-06-05 Postponed To 6/6/2012
• 2012-06-04 Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
• 2012-06-04 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2012-06-04 Rec To Concur S Com Sub
• 2012-05-31 Rec From Senate
• 2012-05-30 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2012-05-29 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2012-05-29 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-26 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-25 Rec From House
• 2011-04-21 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2011-04-20 Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
• 2011-04-20 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2011-04-20 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C referral-committee
• 2011-04-06 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-05 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).