---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naturopathic Study."
description: "Naturopathic Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "North Carolina HB 277 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE", "COMMITTEES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Murphy", "R. Turner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a74b0e8c-7170-46c1-bc44-664d57cef115"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d41284b97e0ed25f588529feeac5074b97f35f09e03483e9643deaf7630c51ee"
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 277 (2017) — Naturopathic Study.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-24** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H277v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-24 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-11** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-03-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Placed On Cal For 03/28/2017
- **2017-03-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-23** Placed On Cal For 03/27/2017
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-22** Placed On Cal For 03/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a74b0e8c-7170-46c1-bc44-664d57cef115`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).