---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Competency Req./NC Bd. of Nursing."
description: "Authorize Competency Req./NC Bd. of Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "North Carolina SB 3 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-26"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67977afb-b708-4850-bade-f68a851987b4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6bd270857c65174168bb4c673779e9879fb4bd3a963cf007a038a6ac0fa699b9"
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 3 (2005) — Authorize Competency Req./NC Bd. of Nursing.

## 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/S3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-12** Ch. SL 2005-186 `became-law`
- **2005-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-06** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-05** Ratified
- **2005-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2005
- **2005-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-02-24** Placed On Cal For 3/1/2005
- **2005-02-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-02-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-01-27** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67977afb-b708-4850-bade-f68a851987b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).