---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Physicians' Liens Statutes."
description: "Amend Physicians' Liens Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "North Carolina SB 780 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LIENS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2001-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceabc25b-2702-435d-b442-0adbb6d2b723"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S780&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c45d6636eec1ccdc4624d53fdabb4cecf34ff22e30cc268d84dcba55bf98c0f"
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 780 (2001) — Amend Physicians' Liens Statutes.

## 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/S780v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S780v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S780v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S780v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S780v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-17** Ch. SL 2001-377 `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 In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2001
- **2001-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceabc25b-2702-435d-b442-0adbb6d2b723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).