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type: "Bill"
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title: "Adoption Law Changes."
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description: "Adoption Law Changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2011"
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identifier: "HB 637"
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citation: "North Carolina HB 637 (2011)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADOPTION", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "CHAPTERED", "REP. JORDAN"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jordan"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2011-04-05"
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last_action: "2012-06-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99"
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source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H637&votesToView=all"
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source_hash: "a9f06b99486ccbfcef0550ae39d45b890aad3ec797c99ab6f16ba473e0faae2d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina HB 637 (2011) — Adoption Law Changes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v1.pdf)
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3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v2.pdf)
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4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v3.pdf)
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5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v4.pdf)
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6. **SL2012-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H637v5.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jordan — primary (person)
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- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-16 `became-law`
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- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
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- **2012-06-08** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2012 `executive-receipt`
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- **2012-06-07** Ratified
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- **2012-06-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2012-06-05** Postponed To 6/6/2012
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- **2012-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
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- **2012-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2012-06-04** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
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- **2012-05-31** Rec From Senate
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- **2012-05-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2012-05-29** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2012-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-04-25** Rec From House
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- **2011-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2011-04-20** Placed On Cal For 4/21/2011
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- **2011-04-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2011-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/980fca37-d274-40de-a7bc-ec2c8f58ec99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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