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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling."
+description: "Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "SB 279"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 279 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COUNSELING", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "CURRICULUM", "DISCRIMINATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HOUSING", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINIMUM WAGE", "MINORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEX EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS BOARD", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-03-12"
+last_action: "2015-10-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7b21de-43b2-438c-9889-bbef9f953269"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S279&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "4fd3152d1f1cff33ff43dbdee4d7f685f658eb0d5d71b8d85679baea04c05193"
+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 279 (2015) — Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling.
+
+## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATC-100-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6258/0/S279-ATC-100-V-1)
+3. **A1: ATC-19-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/2841/0/S279-ATC-19-V-8)
+4. **A2: ATA-27-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6259/0/S279-ATA-27-V-1)
+5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v1.pdf)
+6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v2.pdf)
+7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v3.pdf)
+8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v4.pdf)
+9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v5.pdf)
+10. **SL2015-279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 9 To Concur — **24–16** (pass) · upper
+- M8 Re-Refer Rules, Cal., & Oper. House C RPT Adoption — **66–47** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-10-20** Ch. SL 2015-279 `became-law`
+- **2015-10-20** Signed by Gov. 10/20/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-01** Pres. To Gov. 10/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-09-30** Ratified
+- **2015-09-30** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-09-30** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-30** Conf Com Dismissed
+- **2015-09-30** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2015-09-29** Reconsidered Concurrence
+- **2015-09-29** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
+- **2015-09-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2015-09-29** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
+- **2015-09-28** Conf Com Reported
+- **2015-09-22** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2015-09-21** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2015-09-21** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2015-09-17** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2015
+- **2015-09-17** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2015-09-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-09-16** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2015-09-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-09-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-09-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-15** Placed On Cal For 09/16/2015
+- **2015-09-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-09-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2015-04-02** Engrossed
+- **2015-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7b21de-43b2-438c-9889-bbef9f953269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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