---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the Good Samaritan Law."
description: "Clarifying the Good Samaritan Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "North Carolina SB 154 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NARCOTICS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1801835-af60-445c-87a1-5cf11bc4d23d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S154&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cd60fb5e7b3231cf900d03f3995a3d7cc5692972b5258099928393e46090b601"
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 154 (2015) — Clarifying the Good Samaritan Law.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S154v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-19** Ch. SL 2015-94 `became-law`
- **2015-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 06/11/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-10** Ratified
- **2015-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-09** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2015
- **2015-06-08** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-06-04** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2015
- **2015-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** Placed On Cal For 04/14/2015
- **2015-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1801835-af60-445c-87a1-5cf11bc4d23d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).