---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perfusionists Licensure."
description: "Perfusionists Licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1059"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1059 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COMMITTEES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. PURCELL", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "PERFUSION ADVISORY COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23a2ba16-ef38-42bd-99fc-3d9336666d7f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1059&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4de36792a32fbf8d61ad0421fb07dc38a2f172199617bffea6c2fb32c003cc34"
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 1059 (2005) — Perfusionists Licensure.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1059v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\C RPT ADOPT — **103–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-12** Ch. SL 2005-267 `became-law`
- **2005-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Ratified
- **2005-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-02** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2005-08-01** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2005-07-27** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2005
- **2005-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2005
- **2005-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-19** Conf Held As Material
- **2005-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-07-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-06-30** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-06-28** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2005
- **2005-06-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2005
- **2005-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-09** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2005
- **2005-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23a2ba16-ef38-42bd-99fc-3d9336666d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).