---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisoner Health Information/EMS Changes."
description: "Prisoner Health Information/EMS Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 661"
citation: "North Carolina SB 661 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SEN. REEVES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c303ffa-95fd-490d-9980-fe7399c2d5c8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S661&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d1e224354d96fcfe258e22fd3ede9f6ac9ad3802f8cfa5d4894b923e0d66e727"
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 661 (2003) — Prisoner Health Information/EMS Changes.

## 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/S661v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S661v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-392 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-20** Ratified
- **2003-07-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2003
- **2003-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-07-19** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-05-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c303ffa-95fd-490d-9980-fe7399c2d5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).