---
type: "Bill"
title: "DWI Blood Test Result-Directly to Clerk."
description: "DWI Blood Test Result-Directly to Clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 619"
citation: "North Carolina SB 619 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DRUG TESTING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd8d8c9-f8f5-4701-b4fb-0f5d5b7fd951"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S619&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "972a63f6c1c9157950c08244c7e71de75591e6c2ab39099d97c9b987c9579c06"
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 619 (2003) — DWI Blood Test Result-Directly to Clerk.

## 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/S619v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S619v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S619v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S619v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S619v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-31** Ch. SL 2003-104 `became-law`
- **2003-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd8d8c9-f8f5-4701-b4fb-0f5d5b7fd951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).