---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Social Worker Licensure Laws."
description: "Amend Social Worker Licensure Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1090"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1090 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "SOCIAL WORKERS BOARD", "SEN. PURCELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-20"
last_action: "2007-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef3943f-b089-4d29-9681-d9c8fbe99f46"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1090&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a09dc2ce6082b1013aa9cf2cb2d6fc79dd8991d7f2dac4128827a637941e9975"
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 1090 (2007) — Amend Social Worker Licensure Laws.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1090v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1090v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1090v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1090v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1090v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1090v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-19** Ch. SL 2007-379 `became-law`
- **2007-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-28** Ratified
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-25** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2007
- **2007-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-03** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Engrossed
- **2007-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-01** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-21** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ef3943f-b089-4d29-9681-d9c8fbe99f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).