---
type: "Bill"
title: "Plumbing & Heating Contractors Changes."
description: "Plumbing & Heating Contractors Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "North Carolina SB 156 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PLUMBING CONTRACTOR BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26f84c9a-2bef-4797-ae62-7f9f85d6373a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S156&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a2c19a8e1bcbfdf2588ab847a24d1b595ba090aa18b2ba251b178d98ea8a4f6d"
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 SB 156 (2017) — Plumbing & Heating Contractors 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S156v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Ch. SL 2017-15 `became-law`
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Gov. 5/23/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Pres. To Gov. 5/17/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Ratified
- **2017-05-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Placed On Cal For 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26f84c9a-2bef-4797-ae62-7f9f85d6373a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).