---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Testing For LTC Applicants & Employees."
description: "Drug Testing For LTC Applicants & Employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "North Carolina SB 542 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG TESTING", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "Cook"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd0398a-e382-4a3f-a791-8687335344c2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S542&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "94687066b15cd3ea6a764d840261caf2169c08f3d5847e5e454f9b666980598a"
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 542 (2013) — Drug Testing For LTC Applicants & Employees.

## 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/S542v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-6-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4970/0/S542-ASH-6-V-1)
3. **A1: ATK-72-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5690/0/S542-ATK-72-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v4.pdf)
8. **SL2013-167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S542v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-167 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 06/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In H Amend S542v3 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2013
- **2013-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-09** Engrossed
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dd0398a-e382-4a3f-a791-8687335344c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).