---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalty Review/LTC Changes."
description: "Penalty Review/LTC Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "North Carolina SB 56 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "DHHS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT", "SEN. MALONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-01"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6067def8-5807-4043-b28e-80449a8c9479"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S56&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3a35734fca49dbf1d667f948be0f980b6bf8290dc41ef0b2e15f75227ac933a7"
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 56 (2007) — Penalty Review/LTC Changes.

## 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/S56v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S56v4.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-544 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-28** Ratified
- **2007-07-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2007
- **2007-07-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2007
- **2007-07-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-19** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2007
- **2007-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/13/2007
- **2007-03-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-03-07** Placed On Cal For 3/12/2007
- **2007-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-05** Held As Filed
- **2007-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6067def8-5807-4043-b28e-80449a8c9479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).