---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Certificate of Need."
description: "Amend Certificate of Need."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "North Carolina SB 714 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "DEFINITIONS", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f886c05-d909-47d8-b03d-a86d67bd0a74"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S714&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f31596f75a950a783807b20e59ae4ae3e02d9cb6586362636626291d6c5cd170"
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 714 (2001) — Amend Certificate of Need.

## 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/S714v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S714v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-23** Ch. SL 2001-242 `became-law`
- **2001-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-13** Ratified
- **2001-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2001
- **2001-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f886c05-d909-47d8-b03d-a86d67bd0a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).