---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduce Cost & Reg. Burden/Hosp. Construction."
description: "Reduce Cost & Reg. Burden/Hosp. Construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "North Carolina SB 42 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLINICS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "MEDICAL CARE COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hise", "Krawiec"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6616d921-f19e-467f-bb28-9594c13b7e82"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S42&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b269c470f2c50fb98ea76d724eb82d9a28eb18875570e004e3ebe2a2d51fb0ec"
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 42 (2017) — Reduce Cost & Reg. Burden/Hosp. Construction.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S42v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hise — primary (person)
- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-174 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-13** Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken
- **2017-03-21** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-03-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6616d921-f19e-467f-bb28-9594c13b7e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).