# North Carolina SB 171: Pract. Transparency/Reagan's Law/Sam's Law.

North Carolina SB 171, Pract. Transparency/Reagan's Law/Sam's Law., is a 2025-2026 Session Senate bill sponsored by Jim Burgin (Republican); status passed house, last action 2025-06-16 (Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: North Carolina SB 171
- State: North Carolina
- Session: 2025-2026 Session
- Title: Pract. Transparency/Reagan's Law/Sam's Law.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Last action: 2025-06-16, Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Sponsor: Jim Burgin (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: BOARDS, HEALTH SERVICES, LICENSING & CERTIFICATION, MENTAL HEALTH, OCCUPATIONS, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY BOARD, PUBLIC
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (151 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jim Burgin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin Corbin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tom McInnis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Benton G. Sawrey (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-11 | House | SB 171: Practitioner Transparency/Reagan's Law/Sam's Law. | pass | 106 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | SB 171: Modernize Reg/Master's Level Psychologists. | pass | 45 | 1 | 3 |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-06-16: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-06-16: Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub (Senate)
- 2025-06-12: Regular Message Sent To Senate (House)
- 2025-06-11: Passed 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-06-11: Passed 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-06-10: Placed On Cal For 06/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-06-10: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b) (House)
- 2025-06-10: Reptd Fav (House)
- 2025-06-10: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-06-10: Reptd Fav Com Substitute (House)
- 2025-05-29: Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-05-29: Withdrawn From Com (House)
- 2025-04-10: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House)
- 2025-04-10: Passed 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-04-09: Regular Message Received From Senate (House)
- 2025-04-09: Regular Message Sent To House (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Passed 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Passed 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Reptd Fav (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Com Substitute Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Reptd Fav Com Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Withdrawn From Com (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Passed 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- Edition 1: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v1.pdf)
- Edition 2: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v2.pdf)
- Filed: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v0.pdf)
- Latest Edition: [PDF](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v3.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 96: AN ACT TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY FOR THE EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (vetoed)
- HB 958: AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LAWS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS. (vetoed)
- HB 377: 2026 Court Changes. (vetoed)
- HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. (signed)
- SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. (signed)
- SB 177: Continuing Budget Adjustments. (passed house)

## Sources
- [Edition 1 (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v1.pdf)
- [Edition 2 (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v2.pdf)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v0.pdf)
- [Latest Edition (PDF)](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S171v3.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 96: AN ACT TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE REMEDY FOR THE EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZE…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB96-2025)
- [HB 958: AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LAWS AND CAMPAIGN FIN…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB958-2025)
- [HB 377: 2026 Court Changes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB377-2025)
- [HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-HB268-2025)
- [SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-SB445-2025)
- [SB 177: Continuing Budget Adjustments.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-SB177-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NC-SB171-2025 (as of 2026-11-01).