---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delivery of Devices/Medical Equipment."
description: "Delivery of Devices/Medical Equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 437"
citation: "North Carolina HB 437 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES", "REP. TOLSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6955a061-363b-43c5-b912-f35baa651bbe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H437&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fea8635b2ee3c490375265eec7bf3cd77fc999265f873e866e1fa145609cc545"
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 437 (2001) — Delivery of Devices/Medical Equipment.

## 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/H437v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H437v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H437v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H437v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H437v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbee — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-03** Ch. SL 2001-339 `became-law`
- **2001-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-27** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-26** Ratified
- **2001-07-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2001
- **2001-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-11** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** Held As Filed
- **2001-05-21** Rec From House
- **2001-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2001
- **2001-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6955a061-363b-43c5-b912-f35baa651bbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).