---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Abuse Treatment."
description: "Substance Abuse Treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "North Carolina HB 629 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "CORRECTION DEPT.", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DRUG TESTING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TESTING", "WOMEN", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS BD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GUICE", "REP. INGLE", "REP. FAIRCLOTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guice", "Ingle"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f057d9-2425-4ca0-a2bd-9d91692a6b07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H629&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3e7fd589d092a8a5dafe3499bc96fedf54c511f87d4c5c43995b0d552635e469"
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 629 (2011) — Substance Abuse Treatment.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H629v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ALL-74-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1198/0/H629-ALL-74-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H629v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H629v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H629v3.pdf)
6. **SL2011-254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H629v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 2 — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guice — primary (person)
- Ingle — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-254 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S Amend 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur In S Amend 2
- **2011-06-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-14** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2011-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-29** Rec From House
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-27** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2011
- **2011-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f057d9-2425-4ca0-a2bd-9d91692a6b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).