---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Good Samaritan Law/Medical Care."
description: "Amend Good Samaritan Law/Medical Care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "North Carolina SB 160 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOLUNTEERS", "SEN. FORRESTER", "SEN. PURCELL", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2001-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e251d179-ca73-47ca-be32-7e79a72a9216"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S160&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "38539fdceb3ca47912799782a1855e99a690d83c209f7a21f543fda86d04c948"
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 160 (2001) — Amend Good Samaritan Law/Medical Care.

## 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/S160v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-21** Ch. SL 2001-230 `became-law`
- **2001-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-11** Ratified
- **2001-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2001
- **2001-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-30** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/e251d179-ca73-47ca-be32-7e79a72a9216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).