---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statewide Standing Order/Opioid Antagonist."
description: "Statewide Standing Order/Opioid Antagonist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "North Carolina SB 734 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DHHS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NARCOTICS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pate", "Tucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-25"
last_action: "2016-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/202f82f8-ab91-4f1c-b4c7-25bcad14973b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S734&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0e0de4d00dc813efb096cd3a3134dd2708302d113778530ef5b2eedd4562a431"
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 734 (2015) — Statewide Standing Order/Opioid Antagonist.

## 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/S734v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S734v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S734v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S734v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-17** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S734v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pate — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-20** Ch. SL 2016-17 `became-law`
- **2016-06-20** Signed by Gov. 6/20/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 06/17/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-16** Ratified
- **2016-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-15** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2016
- **2016-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-06-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2016
- **2016-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-19** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-18** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-05-18** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-12** Placed On Cal For 05/17/2016
- **2016-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-26** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/202f82f8-ab91-4f1c-b4c7-25bcad14973b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).