---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immunization Certificate/College Students."
description: "Immunization Certificate/College Students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "North Carolina SB 982 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DISEASES", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STUDENTS", "VACCINES", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-19"
last_action: "2007-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd80390b-3d46-48ac-be81-e32d5a9d2cbb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S982&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fff986d4fbf4ef1f71e2886c5bb202282a0217178c9960746115a23fd36d1cf1"
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 982 (2007) — Immunization Certificate/College Students.

## 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/S982v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S982v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S982v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S982v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S982v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S982v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-20** Ch. SL 2007-99 `became-law`
- **2007-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-18** Ratified
- **2007-06-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2007
- **2007-06-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2007
- **2007-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd80390b-3d46-48ac-be81-e32d5a9d2cbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).