---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Lipedema."
description: "Study Lipedema."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 586"
citation: "North Carolina SB 586 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMISSIONS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrington", "Salvador"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b6b0952-4de4-40fc-bca7-83a08aaaf742"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S586"
source_hash: "e347eadb1560cf64edbdb6548f84e379bd69827aca324a2635884bb352d8e4f2"
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 586 (2021) — Study Lipedema.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S586v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrington — primary (person)
- Salvador — primary (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** Ch. SL 2021-29 `became-law`
- **2021-06-11** Signed by Gov. 6/11/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Ratified
- **2021-06-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b6b0952-4de4-40fc-bca7-83a08aaaf742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).