---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auth. Social Work Bd. to Employ Personnel."
description: "Auth. Social Work Bd. to Employ Personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1262"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1262 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "SOCIAL WORKERS BOARD", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-14"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08d535f-3ad3-4358-b9b9-d06c298ee975"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1262&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fe5d25d5cb207e04aa2d237530868a45c3f9d7cd13a6910b76b400236c98b770"
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 1262 (2005) — Auth. Social Work Bd. to Employ Personnel.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1262v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1262v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1262v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1262v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-129 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-22** Ratified
- **2005-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From House
- **2005-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2005
- **2005-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c08d535f-3ad3-4358-b9b9-d06c298ee975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).