---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Pulse Oximetry Newborn Screening."
description: "Require Pulse Oximetry Newborn Screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "North Carolina SB 98 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "DHHS", "PUBLIC HEALTH COMN.", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brock", "Pate"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-18"
last_action: "2013-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c6cb92f-ffe2-494b-b762-d43f7e58ffd4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S98&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5ab9faefb009e90c9682c63d84e8bf2edfea42a1eb433692ea1988e59c8fd91e"
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 98 (2013) — Require Pulse Oximetry Newborn Screening.

## 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/S98v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATK-11-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3655/0/S98-ATK-11-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S98v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S98v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S98v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S98v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — primary (person)
- Pate — primary (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- McLaurin — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-05-08** Ch. SL 2013-45 `became-law`
- **2013-05-08** Signed by Gov. 5/8/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-02** Pres. To Gov. 05/03/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-02** Ratified
- **2013-05-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2013
- **2013-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-11** Engrossed
- **2013-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c6cb92f-ffe2-494b-b762-d43f7e58ffd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).