---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Membership/Acupuncture Licensing Bd."
description: "Increase Membership/Acupuncture Licensing Bd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1650"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1650 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACUPUNCTURE", "ACUPUNCTURE LICENSING BOARD", "APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "GOVERNOR", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6223a5b-5da5-4042-a462-814d435a1888"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1650&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d61c6da7a19951d8d6e3365b38ffaced6bdd0c0556cb2bf3f71571966b90e32b"
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 1650 (2007) — Increase Membership/Acupuncture Licensing Bd.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1650v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1650v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1650v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-472** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1650v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-29** Ch. SL 2007-472 `became-law`
- **2007-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-26** Ratified
- **2007-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Rec From House
- **2007-05-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2007
- **2007-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6223a5b-5da5-4042-a462-814d435a1888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).