---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational Licensing Fees & Per Diem Chngs."
description: "Occupational Licensing Fees & Per Diem Chngs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 721"
citation: "North Carolina SB 721 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS BOARD", "CHIROPRACTORS", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTRY", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "OPTOMETRY", "OPTOMETRY EXAMINERS BOARD", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-28"
last_action: "2001-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e738aaf1-4f34-4da7-8bbf-370373f008e8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S721&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1adcbbc76de6dc7fda87bc51ba35bf827d1ee8cd85e739550401d77d941f89b0"
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 721 (2001) — Occupational Licensing Fees & Per Diem Chngs.

## 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/S721v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S721v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S721v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S721v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S721v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion 6\To Reconsider — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-12-19** Ch. SL 2001-493 `became-law`
- **2001-12-19** Signed By Gov. 12/19/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-06** Pres. To Gov. 12/6/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-05** Ratified
- **2001-12-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-12-04** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2001-12-04** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2001-11-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-11-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-11-28** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-11-27** Placed On Cal For 11/28/2001
- **2001-11-05** Held by Senate
- **2001-11-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-11-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-10-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-10-30** Placed On Cal For 10/31/2001
- **2001-10-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-10-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-10-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-10-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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`
- **2001-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e738aaf1-4f34-4da7-8bbf-370373f008e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).