---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cabarrus Hospital Charter."
description: "Cabarrus Hospital Charter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "North Carolina SB 544 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "COUNTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INCORPORATION", "LOCAL", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED", "CABARRUS COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-06"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4585dfc-f7e0-45c5-b91b-2368c7c16c7a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S544&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2af76b287dc6d18178803adc3c3e482975ac162d50577b039b62bb17223c864f"
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 544 (2007) — Cabarrus Hospital Charter.

## 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/S544v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-113 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Ratified
- **2007-06-26** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `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** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary ll (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4585dfc-f7e0-45c5-b91b-2368c7c16c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).