---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Nurse Practice Act."
description: "Amend Nurse Practice Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "North Carolina SB 376 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-27"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb93f0b-a25a-4e50-b0f0-38aacd025a5d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S376&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6d5a1c194ccd1685ff1d9a4c23ae65f3611d3c108005cb9d92b1cc2ffb319de0"
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 376 (2007) — Amend Nurse Practice 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S376v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-148 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/22/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-21** Ratified
- **2007-06-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2007
- **2007-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-28** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb93f0b-a25a-4e50-b0f0-38aacd025a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).