---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Hospital Investments."
description: "Public Hospital Investments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "North Carolina SB 443 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BOSEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-08"
last_action: "2005-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba8b2622-08fc-4af0-8bfd-feecd7e63e7e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S443&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ef649fcea4c0b9da0bed1a3a365d6a1d6403e947c15198f57322b854d84d158"
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 443 (2005) — Public Hospital Investments.

## 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/S443v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boseman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-22** Ch. SL 2005-417 `became-law`
- **2005-09-22** Signed By Gov. 9/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-20** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-14** Postponed To 7/21/2005
- **2005-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2005
- **2005-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-13** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2005-03-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba8b2622-08fc-4af0-8bfd-feecd7e63e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).