---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substance/Physician Registration."
description: "Controlled Substance/Physician Registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 876"
citation: "North Carolina SB 876 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DHHS", "DISEASES", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "NARCOTICS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "TITLE CHANGE", "VACCINES", "SEN. PURCELL", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/359582aa-0df6-4c3f-8d2b-f9622544d397"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S876&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0b55cba7051f628a74260defbbd8b06e1428a008c903aa174b49faa9fb880c97"
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 876 (2003) — Controlled Substance/Physician Registration.

## 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/S876v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S876v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-20** Ch. SL 2003-335 `became-law`
- **2003-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-09** Ratified
- **2003-07-08** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2003
- **2003-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2003
- **2003-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Engrossed
- **2003-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/359582aa-0df6-4c3f-8d2b-f9622544d397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).