---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying Changes/Engineers/Surveyors Laws."
description: "Clarifying Changes/Engineers/Surveyors Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 301"
citation: "North Carolina HB 301 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS", "ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS BOARD", "INTERNSHIPS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURVEYING", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Catlin", "Millis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5d2744-e52a-4a56-800e-cd03aca8bc09"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H301&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a97246c1331cd7cf9432d93f957b69ebeaa4b9635c8462b1a643f6852b4e58dd"
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 301 (2013) — Clarifying Changes/Engineers/Surveyors 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H301v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H301v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H301v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H301v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H301v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Catlin — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-98 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-05** Ratified
- **2013-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-15** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Rec From House
- **2013-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/11/2013
- **2013-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d5d2744-e52a-4a56-800e-cd03aca8bc09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).