---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy Technicians."
description: "Pharmacy Technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "North Carolina SB 446 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "FEES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a7fc61-8c2d-4255-b838-b6ffe8b4a8ea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S446&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f56c34a54f133fa25893a1793b0e1ac90d5efe1311e604f1b994a885b7da18f6"
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 446 (2001) — Pharmacy Technicians.

## 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/S446v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-17** Ch. SL 2001-375 `became-law`
- **2001-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-06** Ratified
- **2001-08-02** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-08-01** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2001
- **2001-07-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2001
- **2001-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53a7fc61-8c2d-4255-b838-b6ffe8b4a8ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).