---
type: "Bill"
title: "PE Licensure/Allow School Maint. Plumbers."
description: "PE Licensure/Allow School Maint. Plumbers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 742"
citation: "North Carolina HB 742 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENGINEERING", "ENGINEERS", "ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS BOARD", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURVEYING", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "Catlin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d3174d-e7fb-41a7-aa41-485fd734008b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H742&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d7fa28908e37e99431e8da63aff147f8da0da195a89883891d053fe59f5bf503"
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 742 (2015) — PE Licensure/Allow School Maint. Plumbers.

## 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/H742v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H742v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H742v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H742v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H742v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- Catlin — primary (person)
- Millis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-22** Ch. SL 2016-105 `became-law`
- **2016-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-30** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-30** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-30** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0d3174d-e7fb-41a7-aa41-485fd734008b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).