---
type: "Bill"
title: "Embalmers and Funeral Directors-AB."
description: "Embalmers and Funeral Directors-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 440"
citation: "North Carolina HB 440 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "DEFINITIONS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "MORTUARY SCIENCE BOARD", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "REP. BADDOUR", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9a0325c-cb1c-4d40-9eca-b0462980662f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H440&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a71b8db2355ece5ebeeed569d13960a57d4176fcc4e4caee90572e2b1675efdc"
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 HB 440 (2001) — Embalmers and Funeral Directors-AB.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H440v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur In\Sen. Amend.\#2 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur In\Sen. Amend.\#1 — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-21** Ch. SL 2001-294 `became-law`
- **2001-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-10** Ratified
- **2001-07-09** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-04** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2001
- **2001-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-02** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2001-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-06-26** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2001
- **2001-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2001
- **2001-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-13** Com Amend Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-06** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary II and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-06** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9a0325c-cb1c-4d40-9eca-b0462980662f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).