---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Certain Lic. Reqs/Plumb'g/Heat'g Contr."
description: "Amend Certain Lic. Reqs/Plumb'g/Heat'g Contr."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "North Carolina SB 178 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "FEES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-21"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4aed85-379a-4326-a3e5-7a4714cc209d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S178&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8dd96eac2f52f90b3002af6796e05694905a7e35817d8273b03a9ca643273a94"
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 178 (2005) — Amend Certain Lic. Reqs/Plumb'g/Heat'g Contr.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S178v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S178v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S178v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S178v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S178v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-131 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-12** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-22** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4aed85-379a-4326-a3e5-7a4714cc209d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).