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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights."
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description: "The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 447"
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citation: "North Carolina HB 447 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "NAMED LAWS", "PATIENT RIGHTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elmore", "Hanig", "Kidwell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-30"
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last_action: "2021-09-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f58afdc9-7f0c-43fd-a72e-63a293969072"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H447"
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source_hash: "7007ab0fa5b4117afb0f02c86524f5ecba99fdd081675eca23389dd712307d29"
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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 447 (2021) — The Jeff Rieg Law/Patients Religious Rights.
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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](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H447v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H447v1.pdf)
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3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H447v2.pdf)
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4. **SL 2021-156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H447v3.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- Second Reading — **98–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elmore — primary (person)
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- Hanig — primary (person)
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- Kidwell — primary (person)
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- Arp — cosponsor (person)
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- Boles — cosponsor (person)
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- Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Greene — cosponsor (person)
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- Howard — cosponsor (person)
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- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
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- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
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- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
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- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Moss — cosponsor (person)
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- Penny — cosponsor (person)
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- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
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- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
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- Pless — cosponsor (person)
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- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
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- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
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- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
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- White — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-09-16** Ch. SL 2021-156 `became-law`
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- **2021-09-16** Signed by Gov. 9/16/2021 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-07** Pres. To Gov. 9/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-09-03** Ratified
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- **2021-09-01** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2021-09-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
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- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
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- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-20** Re-ref Com On State Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-30** 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/f58afdc9-7f0c-43fd-a72e-63a293969072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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