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type: "Bill"
title: "Foster Parents' Bill of Rights."
description: "Foster Parents' Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 769"
citation: "North Carolina HB 769 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "DHHS", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FOSTER CARE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paré", "Stevens", "Willis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303e84de-3e00-4799-ac5e-74e2b6488744"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H769"
source_hash: "2e17624d96581bf28c308a00e9db745812c82ee5524f4e7389eeac5bd544f228"
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 769 (2021) — Foster Parents' Bill of Rights.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H769v6.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **420** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **1040** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Paré — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Willis — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Winslow — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-144 `became-law`
- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 9/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-01** Ratified
- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-31** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-31** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-31** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-30** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Ref to the Com on Families, Children, and Aging Policy, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303e84de-3e00-4799-ac5e-74e2b6488744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).