---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Massage & Bodywork Therapy Act."
description: "Amend Massage & Bodywork Therapy Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1314"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1314 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MASSAGE THERAPY", "MASSAGE THERAPY BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. COWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2008-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caddec92-1919-4b84-8c00-5110070241db"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1314&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fd976929889c6d22f8b7217635ede1158b5f994a3f2772f922352090dc0093fe"
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 1314 (2007) — Amend Massage & Bodywork Therapy Act.

## 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/S1314v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v6.pdf)
8. **SL2008-224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1314v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cowell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-17** Ch. SL 2008-224 `became-law`
- **2008-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-15** Ratified
- **2008-07-14** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2008-07-10** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-07-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-03-26** Ref to Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caddec92-1919-4b84-8c00-5110070241db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).