---
type: "Bill"
title: "Respiratory Care Bd/Background Checks/Fees."
description: "Respiratory Care Bd/Background Checks/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1254"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1254 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESPIRATORY CARE BOARD", "SEN. PURCELL", "RECORDS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-20"
last_action: "2004-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237c452c-11a8-4462-8eea-f99cd8625c24"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1254&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19febdc5fb019baa2675013c7eb57c0fe15263becaa3894fd49b0480e0656f2a"
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 1254 (2003) — Respiratory Care Bd/Background Checks/Fees.

## 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/S1254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1254v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1254v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1254v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1254v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **99–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-14** Ch. SL 2004-89 `became-law`
- **2004-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-09** Ratified
- **2004-07-09** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-09** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2004-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2004
- **2004-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-14** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2004
- **2004-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/237c452c-11a8-4462-8eea-f99cd8625c24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).