---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unauthorized Practice of Law Changes."
description: "Unauthorized Practice of Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "North Carolina HB 436 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEFINITIONS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE BAR", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan", "Daughtry"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-31"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93906993-c016-4ea5-a4ca-d419f9af3de0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H436&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "636c5d041f537a06ca2b033fa3c38199a2ea94b1519de80eb5cabea57b4aa5a2"
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 436 (2015) — Unauthorized Practice of Law Changes.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-37-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3902/0/H436-AST-37-V-3)
3. **A2: AST-40-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3890/0/H436-AST-40-V-4)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2016-60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H436v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Daughtry — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-60 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-20** Ratified
- **2016-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-16** Conf Report Adopted
- **2016-06-16** Conf Report Adopted
- **2016-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2016
- **2016-06-15** Conf Com Reported
- **2016-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2016
- **2016-06-15** Conf Com Reported
- **2016-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2016-05-11** Conf Com Appointed
- **2016-05-11** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2016-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2016-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-09-29** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-09-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-20** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-20** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Placed On Cal For 04/20/2015
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93906993-c016-4ea5-a4ca-d419f9af3de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).