---
type: "Bill"
title: "Good Samaritan Law/Naloxone Access."
description: "Good Samaritan Law/Naloxone Access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "North Carolina SB 20 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NARCOTICS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bingham"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5387a76-e2e2-4523-a1b9-bc10e5b4364a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S20&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1f8af76f5da8bde572958655ea71453308c21afc461f5f1c1e8fd0f59b4cf3f0"
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 20 (2013) — Good Samaritan Law/Naloxone Access.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-12-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/980/0/S20-ARK-12-V-2)
3. **A1: ARV-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/2192/0/S20-ARV-8-V-1)
4. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/2151/0/S20-A-NBC-234)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v6.pdf)
11. **SL2013-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S20v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-09** Ch. SL 2013-23 `became-law`
- **2013-04-09** Signed by Gov. 4/9/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-04** Pres. To Gov. 04/05/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-04** Ratified
- **2013-04-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-04-03** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-02** Placed On Cal For 04/03/2013
- **2013-04-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-03-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-27** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-26** Postponed To 03/27/2013
- **2013-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2013
- **2013-03-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-06** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-05** Engrossed
- **2013-03-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5387a76-e2e2-4523-a1b9-bc10e5b4364a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).