---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biological Agents Registry."
description: "Biological Agents Registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1472"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1472 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BIOTECHNOLOGY", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DHHS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "LABORATORIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESEARCH", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-10-30"
last_action: "2001-11-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/280bcec8-f756-4aed-aaf7-ddb75463486c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1472&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c66d57c6c3af645a0ea037495ec66658bd76b6f0027210ec6cc4244c3de9a200"
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 1472 (2001) — Biological Agents Registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1472v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1472v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1472v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1472v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford, M — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-11-28** Ch. SL 2001-469 `became-law`
- **2001-11-28** Signed By Gov. 11/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-11-21** Pres. To Gov. 11/21/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-11-20** Ratified
- **2001-11-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-20** Placed On Cal For 11/20/2001
- **2001-11-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-11-13** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-11-13** Rec From House
- **2001-11-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-11-08** Placed On Cal For 11/13/2001
- **2001-11-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-11-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-10-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/280bcec8-f756-4aed-aaf7-ddb75463486c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).