---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pertussis Education & Awareness."
description: "Pertussis Education & Awareness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 486"
citation: "North Carolina SB 486 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "VACCINES", "CHAPTERED", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pate", "Tarte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf431767-0735-4fc4-a766-05410580ab1b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S486&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "810849aa37d5ee3443a4d44be00f19fbf98e344a1b3192271ca82b179e2516d5"
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 486 (2013) — Pertussis Education & Awareness.

## 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/S486v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pate — primary (person)
- Tarte — primary (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-161 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 06/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-11** Ratified
- **2013-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-10** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2013
- **2013-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2013
- **2013-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf431767-0735-4fc4-a766-05410580ab1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).