---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Nursing."
description: "Board of Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "North Carolina SB 522 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CLINICS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH DEPTS.", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bdbadeb-ba64-468a-8225-1e624d3e9b6d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S522&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "544699956d9dcaf282c7603b65ec84edbd5a0b3aaef9d71f1c427e12458036bd"
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 522 (2003) — Board of Nursing.

## 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/S522v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S522v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-146 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-29** Ratified
- **2003-05-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-22** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2003
- **2003-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Engrossed
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-15** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bdbadeb-ba64-468a-8225-1e624d3e9b6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).