---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitate Locum Tenens Physicians."
description: "Facilitate Locum Tenens Physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "North Carolina SB 609 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ROUZER", "SEN. RABON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rouzer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-14"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d6ca2d-d0a5-4549-b537-d3ec7dda14cc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S609&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "317c906cd189c760fa2c8146d30c26755c7f50e31065e68ea5e7fd534fdd4dbf"
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 609 (2011) — Facilitate Locum Tenens Physicians.

## 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S609v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-97-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1256/0/S609-ASQ-97-V-4)
3. **A2: ASQ-100-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1344/0/S609-ASQ-100-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S609v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S609v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S609v3.pdf)
7. **SL2011-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S609v4.pdf)

## Votes

- House Amd 1,2\Motion 9\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rouzer — primary (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-315 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-19** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19d6ca2d-d0a5-4549-b537-d3ec7dda14cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).