---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health and Safety Law Changes."
description: "Health and Safety Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "North Carolina SB 353 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "CLINICS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PHYSICIANS", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "SAFETY", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "WOMEN", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b076ff92-903b-4f57-bfea-a80f866c7dcc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S353&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1df7f744a5ce0cbbffb7ca41e9fa6e27301b9a41b92673569a75e1565e4bc876"
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 353 (2013) — Health and Safety Law Changes.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-17-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3202/0/S353-ARW-17-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S353v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **32–13** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **74–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-29** Ch. SL 2013-366 `became-law`
- **2013-07-29** Signed by Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-25** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-07-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2013
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-10** Ref to the Com on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-08** Engrossed
- **2013-04-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-08** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/08/2013
- **2013-04-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b076ff92-903b-4f57-bfea-a80f866c7dcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).