---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cancer Registry."
description: "Cancer Registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "North Carolina SB 506 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DISEASES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SEN. PURCELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2005-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3070c2c-1609-41bf-b171-09f868bd1e29"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S506&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94a0833609b110cb3da6ff2b08095f9e79884b80081bdbc3dcd0cecdabb20970"
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 506 (2005) — Cancer Registry.

## 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/S506v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S506v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S506v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S506v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-08** Ch. SL 2005-373 `became-law`
- **2005-09-08** Signed By Gov. 9/8/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-29** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-15** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3070c2c-1609-41bf-b171-09f868bd1e29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).