---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care for the Mentally Ill in LTC Facilities."
description: "Care for the Mentally Ill in LTC Facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1148"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1148 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSING HOMES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. MOORE", "SEN. SWINDELL", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-17"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9e19c6f-a2a3-4173-9e39-3d3c724df7c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1148&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "88c65121c9e0fb15cc1103b1fcdf03dca3b4dc6d6768a72f888b0859e788572d"
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 1148 (2003) — Care for the Mentally Ill in LTC Facilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1148v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-144 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Ratified
- **2004-07-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Postponed To 7/12/2004
- **2004-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2004
- **2004-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-18** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9e19c6f-a2a3-4173-9e39-3d3c724df7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).