---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Occupational Therapy Laws/Fee."
description: "Amend Occupational Therapy Laws/Fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "North Carolina SB 208 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED", "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-23"
last_action: "2005-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac087396-117f-4bec-a888-221d8690b97c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S208&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c3e37eaaf2ff28b3c9f1cbf529c21e275f689fe7571f64b7571dbf418004d965"
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 208 (2005) — Amend Occupational Therapy Laws/Fee.

## 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/S208v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S208v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **90–24** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **94–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-22** Ch. SL 2005-432 `became-law`
- **2005-09-22** Signed By Gov. 9/22/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-15** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-15** Rec From Senate
- **2005-08-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-03** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-24** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac087396-117f-4bec-a888-221d8690b97c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).