---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dietetics/Nutrition Practice Act."
description: "Dietetics/Nutrition Practice Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "North Carolina SB 157 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DIETETICS/NUTRITION BOARD", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NUTRITION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. PLYLER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2001-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b3e1d6-6178-43ed-86b4-40da1c856870"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S157&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a73f2349e9be2b0bd06c4be87a5a9880ee59224e95104c5eadc53d8af697a535"
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 SB 157 (2001) — Dietetics/Nutrition Practice Act.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S157v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **96–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-03** Ch. SL 2001-342 `became-law`
- **2001-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-26** Ratified
- **2001-07-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2001
- **2001-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-19** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86b3e1d6-6178-43ed-86b4-40da1c856870`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).