---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact."
description: "Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "North Carolina HB 57 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COMPACTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICAL THERAPY", "PHYSICAL THERAPY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES", "PHYSICAL THERAPY COMPACT COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Martin", "Szoka"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d08519-d189-44d7-bb9e-e0c76d9ec91c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H57&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a2ccdbf0da3da5218de6151ec73e44bb15411c5680f37b17ebdec0b579443664"
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 57 (2017) — Enact Physical Therapy Licensure Compact.

## 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/H57v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H57v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Martin — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- W. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** Ch. SL 2017-28 `became-law`
- **2017-06-08** Signed by Gov. 6/8/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-01** Pres. To Gov. 6/1/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-31** Ratified
- **2017-05-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Added to Calendar
- **2017-05-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-05-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-05-24** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Placed On Cal For 02/27/2017
- **2017-02-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d08519-d189-44d7-bb9e-e0c76d9ec91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).