---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurse Testimonial Privilege."
description: "Nurse Testimonial Privilege."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "North Carolina HB 743 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS", "EVIDENCE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. NESBITT", "REP. WALEND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08834135-fa8f-44b7-9ec8-a15ac63f0dbb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H743&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a6edd8f6d79ef13fdfc99ec62eaa4639bdf0097c4fea14e7c3681a7a3c0b1c80"
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 HB 743 (2003) — Nurse Testimonial Privilege.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H743v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H743v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H743v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H743v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H743v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-342 `became-law`
- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2003
- **2003-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-24** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
- **2003-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2003
- **2003-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08834135-fa8f-44b7-9ec8-a15ac63f0dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).