---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immunity/Honoring Portable DNR Order."
description: "Immunity/Honoring Portable DNR Order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "North Carolina SB 703 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLANK BILL", "DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILLS", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-26"
last_action: "2001-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a6238e-199b-45a1-9f15-b333cf4498f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S703&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a70988063fc0a5986ed99bc7f3e6266f2093b3acb15c7342569623a36fa388a3"
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 703 (2001) — Immunity/Honoring Portable DNR Order.

## 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/S703v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S703v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S703v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S703v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-15** Ch. SL 2001-445 `became-law`
- **2001-10-15** Signed By Gov. 10/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-08** Pres. To Gov. 10/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-04** Ratified
- **2001-10-03** Concurred In H Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-10-02** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-10-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-02** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2001
- **2001-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-26** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a6238e-199b-45a1-9f15-b333cf4498f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).