---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encourage Volunteer Care in Free Clinics."
description: "Encourage Volunteer Care in Free Clinics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "North Carolina SB 83 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VOLUNTEERS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609a0b3b-a2a6-4aff-80d0-7df31071d0a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S83&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fe2cc5ef09f0950ab6a6852bb0ef3453c321791ff25b9d275797b7a73c16e1d7"
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 83 (2013) — Encourage Volunteer Care in Free Clinics.

## 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/S83v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S83v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-13** Ch. SL 2013-49 `became-law`
- **2013-05-13** Signed by Gov. 5/13/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Pres. To Gov. 05/07/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Ratified
- **2013-05-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-02** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2013
- **2013-05-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Postponed To 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2013
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/609a0b3b-a2a6-4aff-80d0-7df31071d0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).