---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disease Reporting and Investigation-AB."
description: "Disease Reporting and Investigation-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "North Carolina HB 286 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASES", "HEALTH SERVICES COMN.", "LABORATORIES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. EDWARDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-27"
last_action: "2001-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa37c4d5-31f7-4bf7-8fbe-9223905af22a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H286&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "35fd5b20f3bf4a074361b303b42396e5f278690c7520212616b7dd7844da0e58"
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 286 (2001) — Disease Reporting and Investigation-AB.

## 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/H286v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H286v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H286v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H286v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-19** Ch. SL 2001-28 `became-law`
- **2001-04-19** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-10** Pres. To Gov. 4/10/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-04-09** Ratified
- **2001-04-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Rec From House
- **2001-03-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/13/2001
- **2001-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-28** Ref To Com On Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa37c4d5-31f7-4bf7-8fbe-9223905af22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).