---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Acupuncture Laws/Fees."
description: "Amend Acupuncture Laws/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1357"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1357 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACUPUNCTURE", "ACUPUNCTURE LICENSING BOARD", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd77ea6-ea4e-4db5-997e-e17f53489d07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1357&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d8794e2cc910a3c0db5897bbc7e9a3e739ce6ee6caf07dec89621dae1e69cdc2"
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 1357 (2005) — Amend Acupuncture Laws/Fees.

## 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/H1357v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1357v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1357v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1357v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1357v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1357v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **101–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-08** Ch. SL 2005-379 `became-law`
- **2005-09-08** Signed By Gov. 9/8/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-18** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-18** Rec From House
- **2005-05-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2005
- **2005-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcd77ea6-ea4e-4db5-997e-e17f53489d07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).