---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult Day Awareness/Status of Study Recom."
description: "Adult Day Awareness/Status of Study Recom."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1278"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1278 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "DAY CARE", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MALONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-10"
last_action: "2006-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f54e6f9a-a8b3-4b24-adb1-c93b47d05cf0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1278&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "060e15a34b17dba914e0c431994c9e47f1c0b6442564f3905613a65309d6a958"
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 1278 (2005) — Adult Day Awareness/Status of Study Recom.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1278v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1278v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1278v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1278v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-17** Ch. SL 2006-108 `became-law`
- **2006-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-06** Ratified
- **2006-07-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2006
- **2006-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-28** Re-ref Com On Aging `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-07** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-11** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f54e6f9a-a8b3-4b24-adb1-c93b47d05cf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).