---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC NOVA-Special Voluntary Licensure Designat."
description: "NC NOVA-Special Voluntary Licensure Designat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1277"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1277 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "NURSING HOMES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MALONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-10"
last_action: "2006-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9170817f-b982-4bfe-a4f4-53d5a5f8c0e4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6cfd57be0ea4c79b691b7b6759545b125cddfd295781151346f13bbe00890096"
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 1277 (2005) — NC NOVA-Special Voluntary Licensure Designat.

## 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/S1277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1277v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1277v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1277v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-17** Ch. SL 2006-104 `became-law`
- **2006-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-06** Ratified
- **2006-07-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2006
- **2006-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-27** Re-ref Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-27** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-14** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-11** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9170817f-b982-4bfe-a4f4-53d5a5f8c0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).