---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Occupational Licensing Board Changes."
description: "Certain Occupational Licensing Board Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1281"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1281 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEYS", "BLANK BILL", "BOARDS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY", "LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS BOARD", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REAL ESTATE COMN.", "TITLE CHANGE", "TORTS", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-06"
last_action: "2002-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a433e37-cb3d-4c19-b919-83014e28635d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1281&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "665a8ee6581339d078b33a668864cbf5a1107be6958280bf8bd27c923e3612de"
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 1281 (2001) — Certain Occupational Licensing Board Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1281v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1281v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1281v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1281v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1281v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2002-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1281v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **83–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **84–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-10-23** Ch. SL 2002-168 `became-law`
- **2002-10-23** Signed By Gov. 10/23/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-10-03** Ratified
- **2002-10-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-10-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-10-03** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2002
- **2002-10-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-10-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-10-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-10-02** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-09-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-30** Rec From Senate
- **2002-09-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-09-26** Placed On Cal For 9/26/2002
- **2002-09-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-09-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-09-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-09-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-09-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-09-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-08-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2002-08-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-29** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-29** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-06-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a433e37-cb3d-4c19-b919-83014e28635d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).