---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCRIPT Act."
description: "SCRIPT Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "North Carolina SB 479 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMER PROTECTION; CONTRACTS; COUNTIES; HEALTH SERVICES; INSURANCE; INSURANCE DEPT.; INSURANCE", "HEALTH; LDC; LICENSES & PERMITS; OCCUPATIONS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; RETAILING; CHAPTERED; PATIENT RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Sawrey"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5238d685-1343-4e8b-abfb-ba93de101409"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S479"
source_hash: "cecde7b490869a71612566a53218c852427e78c8c1c57ef5349ab7e3a891d45d"
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 479 (2025) — SCRIPT Act.

## 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/5724/0/S479-A-NBC-16000)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v7.pdf)
10. **SL 2025-69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S479v8.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Sawrey — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Chaudhuri — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-09** Ch. SL 2025-69 `became-law`
- **2025-07-09** Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-19** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2025
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-08** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-05-07** Engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5238d685-1343-4e8b-abfb-ba93de101409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).