republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2017/sb-616.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heroin & Opioid Prevention & Enforcement Act."
description: "Heroin & Opioid Prevention & Enforcement Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "North Carolina SB 616 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DHHS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NARCOTICS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PROPERTY", "PSYCHIATRY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SBI", "SHERIFFS", "SHERIFF'S TRAINING COMN.", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "TELEMEDICINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d85cd5-63b0-4d54-b0db-e2f336cb020b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S616&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ebf8f3f7a5ed530c77650933e2528ebb2d9ea333a358676f27f50109eaf54180"
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 616 (2017) — Heroin & Opioid Prevention & Enforcement Act.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-37-V-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6867/0/S616-ASH-37-V-7)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6869/0/S616-A-NBC-2415)
4. **A3: ATT-83-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6866/0/S616-ATT-83-V-1)
5. **A4: ATT-81-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6861/0/S616-ATT-81-V-1)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v4.pdf)
10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v5.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v6.pdf)
12. **SL 2018-44** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S616v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **41–3** (pass) · upper
- A5 Reives Third Reading — **48–55** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-44 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** Serial Referral To Judiciary I Added
- **2018-05-29** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-05-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38d85cd5-63b0-4d54-b0db-e2f336cb020b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).