---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Release for Ill and Disabled Inmates."
description: "Medical Release for Ill and Disabled Inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1480"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1480 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMISSIONS", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "PAROLE COMN.", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "PRISONERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2008-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa67e84-576c-4df8-a430-bc1c63329010"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1480&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d4b6261141bab0a5846432cf8919a3830c88dbc0a10a626b61b01cbe3559d4f"
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 1480 (2007) — Medical Release for Ill and Disabled Inmates.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1480v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **101–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-06-10** Ch. SL 2008-2 `became-law`
- **2008-06-10** Signed By Gov. 6/10/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-06-02** Ratified
- **2008-05-29** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed On Cal For 5/29/2008
- **2008-05-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2008
- **2008-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fa67e84-576c-4df8-a430-bc1c63329010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).