---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bd. of Chiropratic Examiners/Examination."
description: "Bd. of Chiropratic Examiners/Examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "North Carolina HB 278 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BLANK BILL", "BOARDS", "CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS BOARD", "CHIROPRACTORS", "EMPLOYMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e205af96-b0ee-424d-a880-81ec30cdaeb3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H278&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "233c02911219d98cbd7102c9190ef2016c8653c957b9307f53df1201e35bf24e"
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 278 (2003) — Bd. of Chiropratic Examiners/Examination.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H278v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-155 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-28** Ratified
- **2003-05-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e205af96-b0ee-424d-a880-81ec30cdaeb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).