---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Chiropractic Practice Act."
description: "Amend Chiropractic Practice Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 864"
citation: "North Carolina SB 864 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS BOARD", "CHIROPRACTORS", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HUMAN BLOOD & ORGANS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RETAILING", "REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM.", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "PERFUSION ADVISORY COMM.", "NAME CHANGE", "OPTICIANS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-15"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4e6ca9-f43c-4194-a3e7-cb7687ac10b9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S864&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "89a6605c215852b5ea453621f5a881896eb70f9297b9f4669cd5b62cfd3cedc9"
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 864 (2007) — Amend Chiropractic Practice 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/S864v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S864v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **0–47** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-525 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-08-01** Suspend Rules for Third Reading
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-30** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-28** Engrossed
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-27** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2007-03-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d4e6ca9-f43c-4194-a3e7-cb7687ac10b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).