---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Record Checks for Nurses."
description: "Criminal Record Checks for Nurses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "North Carolina SB 195 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FINGERPRINTING", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a10509d0-bcd3-4870-a862-4771be0fcff3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S195&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b8d14c7f42fd56c416a9d5692a37c38998dcd023ac3844b4d067094a3b3d2693"
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 195 (2001) — Criminal Record Checks for Nurses.

## 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/S195v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S195v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S195v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S195v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-17** Ch. SL 2001-371 `became-law`
- **2001-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-09** Pres. To Gov. 8/9/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-08** Ratified
- **2001-08-07** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-08-06** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2001
- **2001-08-02** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-01** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-24** Postponed To 7/31/2001
- **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`
- **2001-05-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-20** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-21** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a10509d0-bcd3-4870-a862-4771be0fcff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).