---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Certification/Licensure/Rec. Therapy."
description: "Update Certification/Licensure/Rec. Therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 613"
citation: "North Carolina HB 613 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "THERAPEUTIC RECREATION BOARD", "REP. WOMBLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HARRELL", "RECREATIONAL THERAPY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-10"
last_action: "2005-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0454fef0-cb8d-486b-bfd9-5d821be6a722"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H613&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b27716feb1335f19ac680f09c1f1a49abc469faa3ff5ccea29b8a0b549d5918c"
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 613 (2005) — Update Certification/Licensure/Rec. Therapy.

## 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/H613v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H613v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H613v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H613v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H613v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H613v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **98–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harrell — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-08** Ch. SL 2005-378 `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
- **2005-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-24** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Rec From House
- **2005-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Placed On Cal For 5/19/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0454fef0-cb8d-486b-bfd9-5d821be6a722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).