---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Enforcement Improvement Act."
description: "Drug Enforcement Improvement Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 748"
citation: "North Carolina SB 748 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUDGES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "NARCOTICS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2005-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd0f39b4-b64d-43dc-aac3-3995ea9d7c56"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S748&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8810fa3cc6a25ebfeefbb26a7d9300565602ce4a2c357c4d424753c150471226"
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 748 (2005) — Drug Enforcement Improvement Act.

## 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/S748v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S748v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S748v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S748v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S748v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-20** Ch. SL 2005-207 `became-law`
- **2005-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-13** Ratified
- **2005-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd0f39b4-b64d-43dc-aac3-3995ea9d7c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).