---
type: "Bill"
title: "Due Process for Physicians."
description: "Due Process for Physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 886"
citation: "North Carolina HB 886 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "EVIDENCE", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HOWARD", "REP. WRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-03"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f96b5c-a4e4-4067-a304-580f984e6c61"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H886&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c61ce74ef647499c55f19181e32a625a992bd7d22bcad6440fe72806c0e32921"
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 886 (2003) — Due Process for Physicians.

## 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/H886v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H886v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-366 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-17** Postponed To 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-14** Postponed To 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
- **2003-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-08** Engrossed
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-27** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2003
- **2003-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-29** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f96b5c-a4e4-4067-a304-580f984e6c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).