---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collaborative Law."
description: "Collaborative Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "North Carolina HB 32 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5c8917-2a54-4176-8713-1b4fe9b5aa4e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H32&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a6d2630a487a5e91ba89bc3ffd5fff380d5fd3f525737aa61fbd8ae70c602d5d"
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 32 (2019) — Collaborative Law.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H32v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H32v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H32v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H32v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2020-65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H32v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-01** Ch. SL 2020-65 `became-law`
- **2020-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-02-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-02-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-02-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Placed On Cal For 02/27/2019
- **2019-02-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-02-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5c8917-2a54-4176-8713-1b4fe9b5aa4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).