---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cancer Research Advisory Panel."
description: "Cancer Research Advisory Panel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "North Carolina SB 297 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EDUCATION", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH", "GEOGRAPHY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RESEARCH", "STUDIES", "UNC", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "POLICY COLLABORATORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ad6d1f5-bea2-48ef-b682-198b172f1950"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S297&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e067066a7f154c9adb3ae7d5066452f89960b436f5b5d6084c4fe8ace936d024"
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 297 (2019) — Cancer Research Advisory Panel.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S297v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S297v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S297v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S297v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S297v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perry — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- T. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- deViere — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-19** Ch. SL 2019-145 `became-law`
- **2019-07-19** Signed by Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-10** Ratified
- **2019-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-04-03** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Placed On Cal For 04/02/2019
- **2019-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-03-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ad6d1f5-bea2-48ef-b682-198b172f1950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).