---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-State CPAs/Fees."
description: "Out-of-State CPAs/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 628"
citation: "North Carolina SB 628 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS", "CPA EXAMINERS BOARD", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-21"
last_action: "2001-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4600b280-ed2b-4620-8c7e-6fc3fc9d8d02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S628&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "45ebae81f7ed9e4020ad0cd725bc293e7accf3ab5c59681f29e67e8bffe0f5e7"
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 628 (2001) — Out-of-State CPAs/Fees.

## 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/S628v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S628v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S628v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S628v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–15** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **92–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-28** Ch. SL 2001-313 `became-law`
- **2001-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-19** Ratified
- **2001-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-11** Postponed To 7/17/2001
- **2001-07-10** Postponed To 7/11/2001
- **2001-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2001
- **2001-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-30** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-30** Rec From Senate
- **2001-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2001
- **2001-05-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4600b280-ed2b-4620-8c7e-6fc3fc9d8d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).