republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-557.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Require Drug Test Before Licensure/Cab Driver.	Require Drug Test Before Licensure/Cab Driver.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 557	North Carolina SB 557 (2003)	bill	DRUG TESTING EMPLOYMENT LICENSING & CERTIFICATION MOTOR VEHICLES OCCUPATIONS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TAXIS TESTING TRANSPORTATION SEN. HOYLE CHAPTERED	enacted		4	15	2	2003-03-26	2003-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3e353ef6-7260-40aa-9996-ef7cc92d76d2	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S557&votesToView=all	ce62fe16fe9e7cacdaa0ab0c637c802d480bb1c5580a67021e5a47536748ebae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 557 (2003) — Require Drug Test Before Licensure/Cab Driver.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
4. SL 2003-65 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 43–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-05-23 Ch. SL 2003-65 became-law
• 2003-05-23 Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-05-19 Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-05-15 Ratified
• 2003-05-14 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-05-13 Placed On Cal For 5/14/2003
• 2003-05-13 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-05-13 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-22 Ref To Com On Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2003-04-22 Rec From Senate
• 2003-04-17 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2003-04-16 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-15 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-27 Ref To Com On Commerce referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e353ef6-7260-40aa-9996-ef7cc92d76d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).